Transliteration: nâkâh

Phonetic: naw-kaw'

BDB Definition:

1. to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill
   1. (Niphal) to be stricken or smitten
   2. (Pual) to be stricken or smitten
   3. (Hiphil)
      1. to smite, strike, beat, scourge, clap, applaud, give a thrust
      2. to smite, kill, slay (man or beast)
      3. to smite, attack, attack and destroy, conquer, subjugate, ravage
      4. to smite, chastise, send judgment upon, punish, destroy
   4. (Hophal) to be smitten
      1. to receive a blow
      2. to be wounded
      3. to be beaten
      4. to be (fatally) smitten, be killed, be slain
      5. to be attacked and captured
      6. to be smitten (with disease)
      7. to be blighted (of plants)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1364

Part(s) of speech: Verb