Words the Bible translates as smite
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- nakhahנָכָהto deliver a blow: to strike someone or something, whether a single hit, a fatal stroke, a battlefield rout, or an affliction sent from God
- patassōπατάσσωto land a single decisive blow: to strike someone down, whether with a weapon, with the hand, or by an act of judgment
- tuptōτύπτωto strike or beat: to hit someone with a blow, often blow after blow
- nagaphנָגַףto hit something hard enough to damage it: a collision, whether an animal against an animal, a foot against a stone, an army broken in defeat, or God striking with plague.
- katatכָּתַתto beat or crush to pieces: to pound, hammer, or shatter something with repeated blows.
- derōδέρωto beat up: to strike a person hard, thrashing or flogging them with repeated blows
- saphaqסָפַקto strike sharply with the hand: to clap the palms together, slap the thigh, or land a blow
+1 more meaning
- to be enough: to go far enough to cover what is needed
- halamהָלַםto strike a hard, driving blow: to hammer, pound, or batter something down
- me'aḥמְחָאto smitenot studied yet
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