na.khah H5221

נָכָה (na.khah) means “to smite” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נָכָה Hebrew · H5221 500 tagged occurrences in 460 verses

Pronunciation guide: naw-kaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5221

נָכָה · na.khah · to smite

1) to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill 1a)(Niphal) to be stricken or smitten 1b) (Pual) to be stricken or smitten 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust 1c2) to smite, kill, slay (man or beast) 1c3) to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage 1c4) to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy 1d) (Hophal) to be smitten 1d1) to receive a blow 1d2) to be wounded 1d3) to be beaten 1d4) to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain 1d5) to be attacked and captured 1d6) to be smitten (with disease) 1d7) to be blighted (of plants)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

KJV glosses: 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.

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How translators render H5221

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
struck down	18
and struck down	11
he struck down	10
killed	10
struck	10
and struck	8
and put	7
attacked	7
defeated	7
strike	7
and attacked	6
and strike	6
struck him down	6
to strike	5
and attack	4
and he struck	4
and killed	4
had struck down	4
killed him	4
who kills	4
will strike	4
and defeated	3
and put it	3
and struck them down	3
and they struck down	3
conquered	3
has slain	3
he struck	3
i will strike down	3
put him	3
strikes	3
striking down	3
they put	3
they struck down	3
also defeated	2
also struck down	2
and afflicting	2
and attack me	2
and defeating	2
and he strikes	2
and put them	2
and strike down	2
and they killed	2
beat down	2
conquering	2
david also defeated	2
from the slaughter	2
had defeated	2
had struck	2
had struck them down	2
i struck down	2
i struck you	2
it struck	2
kills	2
kills him	2
shall i kill them	2
so he struck	2
strike him	2
strike me	2
striking	2
struck them	2
struck them down	2
to kill	2
to strike them down	2
was stricken	2
who defeated	2
who defeated them	2
who had murdered	2
who struck	2
whoever kills	2
whoever strikes	2
will afflict	2
wounded	2
after the israelites had struck down	1
am striking you	1
amaziah executed	1
and attacked it as well	1
and attacked them	1
and attacks	1
and be flogged	1
and beat	1
and began killing	1
and cast	1
and had struck down	1
and having stabbed	1
and he attacked	1
and he struck down	1
and he struck him	1
and he will kill them	1
and infected	1
and is beaten	1
and joab stabbed	1
and kill	1
and kill him	1
and kill me	1
and kill them	1
and killed him	1
and kills him	1
and plunge it	1
and routed chedorlaomers army	1
and shot	1
and slash	1
and slaughtered	1
and slaughtered them	1
and start killing	1
and strike him	1
and strike them dead	1
and striking them down	1
and take	1
and the people clapped	1
and they beat	1
and they conquered	1
and they put	1
and they stabbed him	1
and they struck	1
and was defeated	1
and we defeated him	1
and when he had struck	1
and when you strike	1
and wounded him	1
and you are to strike down	1
and you shall attack	1
and you will strike down	1
anyone strikes	1
are being beaten	1
are you attacking	1
attack them	1
attacked them	1
baasha had struck down	1
be beaten	1
be struck down	1
beat	1
beat down on them	1
beaten	1
beating	1
beatings	1
but god struck down	1
but i will strike	1
but we defeated them	1
but whoever kills	1
clap	1
conquered the area	1
deserves to be beaten	1
destroyed	1
for you shall strike	1
from defeating	1
from killing	1
from striking down	1
had been struck down	1
had inflicted on him	1
had killed	1
has attacked	1
has been taken	1
has killed	1
has struck down	1
has the lord struck israel	1
have you beaten	1
have you stricken us	1
having killed	1
he also put	1
he also struck down	1
he beat	1
he devastated	1
he had defeated	1
he had struck down	1
he had suffered	1
he has wounded us	1
he may receive	1
he put	1
he strikes him	1
he who strikes down	1
he will put them	1
he will split it	1
he will strike	1
he will strike them	1
her oppressors	1
him who struck them	1
hoshea attacked pekah	1
i beat	1
i have defeated	1
i have slain	1
i have struck	1
i have struck you	1
i strike	1
i struck	1
i will pin	1
i will strike	1
i will strike them	1
i will strike you down	1
i will tear down	1
inflicting	1
is afflicted	1
is like one who slays	1
is struck down	1
ishmael had killed	1
joab stabbed him	1
joshua put	1
kill	1
kill them	1
lashes cut into	1
let us denounce him	1
of the murderers	1
of the slain	1
one struck down	1
or to flog	1
pekah struck down	1
put	1
put them	1
shoot	1
should he take	1
should i strike	1
so he attacked tiphsah	1
so he beat her	1
so he struck them	1
so i struck him	1
so israel struck them down	1
so that he may be struck down	1
so the young man struck him down	1
so they struck down og	1
strike it down	1
strikes down	1
striking them down	1
struck elah down	1
struck him	1
struck it down	1
take	1
takes the life	1
that attacked	1
that man killed	1
that struck you	1
the israelites put	1
the one striking him	1
the one who struck down	1
the one who struck him	1
the slayer	1
the woman who was killed	1
the wounds i received	1
then he struck	1
then i will strike	1
then the one who struck him	1
they attacked the hamites	1
they beat me	1
they had inflicted on him	1
they put the city	1
they put them	1
they struck	1
they struck me	1
they struck them down	1
they will strike	1
through him	1
thrust	1
to attack	1
to defeat	1
to defeat them	1
to inflict	1
to kill him	1
to kill them	1
to pin	1
to strike down	1
to strike him	1
to take	1
to the one who would strike him	1
to those who struck me	1
was defeated	1
we struck them down	1
we will attack	1
were afflicted	1
were beaten	1
were destroyed	1
when he struck down	1
when i strike	1
when i strike down	1
where he defeated the philistines	1
where he struck down	1
while they were killing	1
who attacked	1
who had defeated	1
who had him put	1
who strikes	1
who strikes down	1
who strikes the blow	1
who struck down	1
who struck them	1
who struck them down	1
who was slain	1
whoever attacks	1
will afflict you	1
will be smashed	1
will i destroy	1
will kill you	1
will strike them down	1
will strike you	1
would kill	1
you have beaten me	1
you have indeed defeated	1
you killed	1
you must put	1
you must surely put	1
you put	1
you should have struck	1
you strike him	1
you struck	1
you struck them	1
you were to strike down	1
you will strike down	1
you would have struck down	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and smote	53
smote	50
smite	20
slew	18
and he smote	14
and slew	14
and they smote	13
and smite	11
had smitten	7
he slew	7
and they slew	6
who smote	6
and i will smite	5
from the slaughter	5
he smote	5
shall smite	5
and smitten	4
he that smiteth	4
that killeth	4
to smite	4
against him and smote	3
hath slain	3
him and smote	3
i will smite	3
is smitten	3
it and slew	3
that was slain	3
they smote	3
to slay	3
and he shall smite	2
and he that killeth	2
and he will smite	2
and if he smite	2
and shall smite	2
and thou shalt smite	2
and we smote	2
and will smite	2
beat	2
had given	2
had slain	2
he had slain	2
he shall smite	2
i smote	2
it and smote	2
shall i smite	2
shall slay	2
smiting	2
smitten	2
stripes	2
that i smote	2
that smote	2
thee to smite	2
them and smote	2
therefore he smote	2
was smitten	2
which smote	2
whoso killeth	2
with him and smote	2
after he had smitten	1
against him and kill	1
against him and smite	1
against him and they slew	1
against me and slay me	1
against them and hath smitten	1
against them and smote	1
against us they shall smite	1
also and slew	1
also slew	1
and be smitten	1
and beat	1
and because he killed	1
and cast forth	1
and hath also slain	1
and he shall slay	1
and he slew	1
and he struck	1
and he that smiteth	1
and it came to pass while they were slaying	1
and it smote	1
and let us smite	1
and shall slay	1
and slay	1
and smite it	1
and smite me	1
and smiteth	1
and they have smitten	1
and to be beaten	1
and to smite	1
and when he also had smitten	1
and why didst thou not smite	1
and ye shall smite	1
at him to smite	1
beaten	1
because he smote	1
behold he smote	1
behold i will smite	1
behold therefore i have smitten	1
between the slayer	1
even he smote	1
for thou hast smitten	1
for thou shalt smite	1
for though ye had smitten	1
from him and smote	1
from smiting	1
hath he smitten	1
have i slain	1
have i smitten	1
he smite	1
he that smote	1
he who smote	1
him and slew	1
him and they clapped	1
him and they smote	1
him but who slew	1
him should kill	1
him so that in smiting	1
him that smote	1
i have smitten	1
i pray thee and i will slay	1
i will also smite	1
in smiting	1
it and he that killeth	1
it and smitten	1
let us not kill	1
lo thou hast smitten	1
made	1
me that we may smite	1
me they smote	1
me wherefore should i smite	1
not unto him that smiteth	1
not were smitten	1
now therefore let me smite	1
of him that smiteth	1
of him that smote	1
of slaying	1
of the murderers	1
over them were beaten	1
shall not smite	1
slain	1
slay	1
so he smote	1
so they smote	1
some on this side and some on that side and they smote	1
that had killed	1
that he may be smitten	1
that he slew	1
that i may smite	1
that smiteth	1
that were with him and smote	1
thee not for i have wounded	1
thee thou shalt smite	1
them but they went forward	1
them that every one that killeth	1
them that whosoever killeth	1
then hadst thou smitten	1
then shall he that smote	1
thereof and they smote	1
they have smitten	1
they have stricken	1
thither which killeth	1
those that smote	1
thou beatest	1
thou hast indeed	1
thou hast killed	1
thou hast stricken	1
thou shalt beat	1
thou shalt not smite	1
thou shalt smite	1
thou shalt surely	1
thou shouldest have smitten	1
to be beaten	1
to have slain	1
to him that smiteth	1
to him that smote	1
to him which smote	1
to strike	1
to the smiters	1
together	1
unto him surely i will be with thee and thou shalt smite	1
unto him wherefore hast thou smitten	1
unto thee that thou hast smitten	1
unto you and will punish	1
unto you smite	1
upon him and he smote	1
upon him that smote	1
upon us and smite	1
us and we smote	1
us he hath smitten	1
we may smite	1
were not smitten	1
when i shall smite	1
when i smite	1
whereas now thou shalt smite	1
wherefore should he slay	1
wherefore smitest	1
wherewith thou smotest	1
which had slain	1
which slew	1
which was slain	1
which were given	1
who hath slain	1
who killeth	1
who slew	1
whom he had slain	1
whom i have slain	1
whom thou hast smitten	1
whom thou slewest	1
whosoever smiteth	1
why hast thou smitten	1
why should ye be stricken	1
why shouldest thou be smitten	1
will smite	1
with me and to kill	1
with which i was wounded	1
wouldest thou smite	1
wounded	1
yea and slain	1
yea they have slain	1

Verses containing H5221

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Joshua 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
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Joshua 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
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Joshua 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
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Joshua 10:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
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Joshua 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
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Joshua 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.
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Joshua 10:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.
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Joshua 10:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
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Joshua 10:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
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Joshua 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
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Joshua 10:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
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Joshua 11:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
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Joshua 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
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Joshua 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
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Joshua 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
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Joshua 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
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Joshua 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
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Joshua 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
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Joshua 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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Joshua 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
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Joshua 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,
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Joshua 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
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Joshua 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
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Joshua 19:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)
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Joshua 20:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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Joshua 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
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Joshua 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
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Judges 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
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Judges 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there they found Adoni-bezek and fought against him, striking down the Canaanites and Perizzites.
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Judges 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
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Judges 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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Judges 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
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Judges 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
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Judges 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
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Judges 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
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Judges 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
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Judges 3:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
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Judges 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
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Judges 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
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Judges 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
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Judges 9:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
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Judges 9:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
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Judges 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
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Judges 11:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.
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Judges 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
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Judges 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
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Judges 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
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Judges 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
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Judges 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
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Judges 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
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