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2 Kings 3:19

“And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָכָהnâkâh · naw-kaw'
H5221 · Hebrew
Definition
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • הִכִּיתֶ֞ם — verb Hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vhp2mp
Usage
Occurs 502 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:15Genesis 8:21Genesis 14:5Genesis 14:7Genesis 14:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָכָה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.