Biblica Analytica
H5221 Hebrew

נָכָה

na.khah

to smite

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to smite
Transliteration
na.khah
Strong's Number
H5221
Occurrences
500
Semantic Domain
Warfare & Conflict

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

The Hebrew word נָכָה (na.khah, H5221) is a verb that conveys the idea of smiting. This action implies a physical impact, such as a strike or a blow. Given its semantic domain of Warfare & Conflict, it's likely to be used in contexts describing violent encounters or military engagements. The frequency of occurrences in the Bible, at 500 times, suggests that this word was a common part of Hebrew vocabulary. This high frequency implies its importance in conveying the realities of warfare and conflict in the biblical narrative. It may also have a wider range of usage, encompassing other forms of impactful action beyond physical violence. The significance of this word lies in its ubiquity in biblical texts. Its repeated use may emphasize the prevalence and intensity of warfare and conflict throughout the biblical narrative, making it a crucial component of the Hebrew literary and cultural heritage.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H5221
Lemma
נָכָה
Transliteration
na.khah
Definition
to smite
Occurrences
500
Model
groq
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

500 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

2 Chronicles 21:9

Then Jehoram went there with his captains and all his chariots with him. He rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.

2 Chronicles 22:5

He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

2 Chronicles 22:6

He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

2 Chronicles 25:3

Now when the kingdom was established to him, he killed his servants who had killed his father the king.

2 Chronicles 25:11

Amaziah took courage, and led his people out, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the children of Seir.

2 Chronicles 25:13

But the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much plunder.

2 Chronicles 25:14

Now after Amaziah had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them.

2 Chronicles 25:16

As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped, and said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 25:19

You say to yourself that you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay at home. Why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?’ ”

2 Chronicles 28:5

Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.

2 Chronicles 28:5

Therefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria. They struck him, and carried away from him a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter.

2 Chronicles 28:17

For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.

2 Chronicles 28:23

For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:25

But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.

Nehemiah 13:25

I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

Esther 9:5

The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.

Job 1:15

and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 1:17

While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Job 2:7

So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

Job 16:10

They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

Psalms 3:7

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalms 78:66

He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.

Psalms 60:0

to the/ choirmaster on shushan- eduth a miktam of/ David to/ teach when/ struggled with/ he obj. Aram Naharaim and/ obj. Aram Zobah and/ he turned back Joab and/ he struck obj. Edom in/ the Valley of Salt two plus ten thousand

Psalms 69:26

For they persecute him whom you have wounded. They tell of the sorrow of those whom you have hurt.

Psalms 78:20

Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”

Psalms 78:51

and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

Psalms 102:4

My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.

Psalms 105:33

He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.

Psalms 105:36

He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

Psalms 121:6

The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

Psalms 135:8

He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal.

Psalms 135:10

He struck many nations, and killed mighty kings,

Psalms 136:10

to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;

Psalms 136:17

to him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Proverbs 17:26

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

Proverbs 19:25

Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Isaiah 14:29

Don’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.

Proverbs 23:13

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

Proverbs 23:14

Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol.

Proverbs 23:35

“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.”

Song of Solomon 5:7

The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

Isaiah 1:5

Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 9:13

Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought Yahweh of Armies.

Isaiah 10:20

It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Isaiah 10:24

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.

Isaiah 11:4

but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

Isaiah 11:15

Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.

Isaiah 14:6

who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.