Usually translated as
smite, slay, slaughter, smiting, beat, kill, be stricken, slaying, give, punish, slayer, strike, stripes, cast forth, clap, go forward, indeed, make, murderer, smiter, surely, wound
Occurrences
Nâkâh occurs 500 times in 459 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (12), Exodus (27), Leviticus (4), Numbers (28), Deuteronomy (21), Joshua (35), Judges (29), 1 Samuel (46), 2 Samuel (46), 1 Kings (17), 2 Kings (43), 1 Chronicles (24), 2 Chronicles (19), Nehemiah (1), Esther (1), Job (4), Psalms (13), Proverbs (6), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (20), Jeremiah (29), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (13), Daniel (1), Hosea (3), Amos (4), Jonah (2), Micah (2), Haggai (1), Zechariah (5), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 4:15 — And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill (הַכּוֹת) him.
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite (לְהַכּ֥וֹת) any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Genesis 14:5 — And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote (וַיַּכּ֤וּ) the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
- Genesis 14:7 — And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote (וַיַּכּ֕וּ) all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
- Genesis 14:15 — And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote (וַיַּכֵּ֑ם) them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
- Genesis 14:17 — And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter (מֵֽהַכּוֹת֙) of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
- Genesis 19:11 — And they smote (הִכּוּ֙) the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Genesis 32:8 — And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite (וְהִכָּ֑הוּ) it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
- Genesis 32:11 — Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite (וְהִכַּ֔נִי) me, and the mother with the children.
- Genesis 34:30 — And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay (וְהִכּ֔וּנִי) me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- Genesis 36:35 — And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote (הַמַּכֶּ֤ה) Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 37:21 — And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill (נַכֶּ֖נּוּ) him.
- Exodus 2:11 — And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting (מַכֶּ֥ה) an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
- Exodus 2:12 — And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew (וַיַּךְ֙) the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- Exodus 2:13 — And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest (תַכֶּ֖ה) thou thy fellow?
- Exodus 3:20 — And I will stretch out my hand, and smite (וְהִכֵּיתִ֣י) Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.
- Exodus 5:14 — And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten (וַיֻּכּ֗וּ), and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
- Exodus 5:16 — There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten (מֻכִּ֖ים); but the fault is in thine own people.
- Exodus 7:17 — Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite (מַכֶּ֣ה) with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
- Exodus 7:20 — And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote (וַיַּ֤ךְ) the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
- Exodus 7:25 — And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten (הַכּוֹת) the river.
- Exodus 8:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite (וְהַ֖ךְ) the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:17 — And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote (וַיַּךְ֙) the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 9:15 — For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite (וָאַ֥ךְ) thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
- Exodus 9:25 — And the hail smote (וַיַּ֨ךְ) throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
- Exodus 9:25 — And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote (הִכָּ֣ה) every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
- Exodus 9:31 — And the flax and the barley was smitten (נֻכָּ֑תָה): for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
- Exodus 9:32 — But the wheat and the rie were not smitten (נֻכּ֑וּ): for they were not grown up.
- Exodus 12:12 — For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite (וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י) all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
- Exodus 12:13 — And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite (בְּהַכֹּתִ֖י) the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 12:29 — And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote (הִכָּ֣ה) all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
- Exodus 17:5 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest (הִכִּ֤יתָ) the river, take in thine hand, and go.
- Exodus 17:6 — Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite (וְהִכִּ֣יתָ) the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Exodus 21:12 — He that smiteth (מַכֵּ֥ה) a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 21:15 — And he that smiteth (וּמַכֵּ֥ה) his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 21:18 — And if men strive together, and one smite (וְהִכָּה) another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- Exodus 21:19 — If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote (הַמַּכֶּ֑ה) him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
- Exodus 21:20 — And if a man smite (יַכֶּה֩) his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
- Exodus 21:26 — And if a man smite (יַכֶּ֨ה) the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
- Exodus 22:2 — If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten (וְהֻכָּ֣ה) that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
- Leviticus 24:17 — And he that killeth (יַכֶּ֖ה) any man shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:18 — And he that killeth (וּמַכֵּ֥ה) a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
- Leviticus 24:21 — And he that killeth (וּמַכֵּ֥ה) a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:21 — And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth (וּמַכֵּ֥ה) a man, he shall be put to death.
- Leviticus 26:24 — Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish (וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י) you yet seven times for your sins.
- Numbers 3:13 — Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote (הַכֹּתִ֨י) all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
- Numbers 8:17 — For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote (הַכֹּתִ֤י) every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
- Numbers 11:33 — And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote (וַיַּ֤ךְ) the people with a very great plague.
- Numbers 14:12 — I will smite (אַכֶּ֥נּוּ) them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
- Numbers 14:45 — Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote (וַיַּכּ֥וּם) them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.