מַכָּה

mak.kahNoun (Feminine)H4347

wound

From: or (masculine) מַכֶּה; (plural only) from H5221 (נָכָה); a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication,

Short Definition

a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. blow, wound, slaughter 1a) blow, stripe 1b) beating, scourging 1c) wound 1d) slaughter 1e) defeat, conquest 1f) plague

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)

Morphology H:N-F

DescriptionH:N-F

Occurrences

43 times

Appears 43 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Jeremiah
10
1 Samuel
7
Isaiah
5
2 Chronicles
3
Deuteronomy
3

Key Passages

  • 1 Kings 20:21
  • 1 Samuel 6:19
  • Deuteronomy 28:61
  • Judges 15:8
  • Jeremiah 49:17

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