GreekG3960Verb

πατάσσω

patassō

10Occurrences
G3960Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally)

probably prolongation from G3817 (παίω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in Hom., intrans., to beat (of the heart).
2.Trans. = πλήσσω, to strike, smite
LXX: chiefly and very frequently for נָכָה hi., also for נָגַף, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

πατάσσω appears 10 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
3
Luke
2
Matthew
2
Revelation
2
Mark
1

Key Passages

Acts 12:7BSB

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

Acts 7:24BSB

And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.

Luke 22:50BSB

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

Matthew 26:51BSB

At this, one of Jesus’ companions drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

Revelation 11:6BSB

These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

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