Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5221
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- nakah
- Pronunciation
- naw-kaw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5221
- Brief meaning
- To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- Source renderings
- beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), go forward, indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, surely, wound
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively). Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
05221\ 5221 nakah naw-kaw' a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively):--beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.