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Deuteronomy 13:16

“And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.” (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: הַכֵּ֣ה — verb Hiphil, infinitive absolute
Code HVha
Usage: Occurs 502 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:15 Genesis 8:21 Genesis 14:5 Genesis 14:7 Genesis 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.