נָכָה (nākâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning smite. It appears
502 times
in 31 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5221).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1364)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1364)smite; be smitten down; strike, beat, give a thrust, attack, attack and destroy, chastise, send judgment upon, destroying; be smitten; cast forth, clap, give, kill, make, murderer, punish, slaughter, slay, slayer, slaying, smiter…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָכָהverb: smite
Pualboth be smitten down by the hail
Hiphil
1.
a.literally, smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), strike
b.smite repeatedly, beat a man
d.give a thrust (with fork) into pot; strike roots
e.rarely smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound
f.smite, of sun
2.Smite fatally
3.Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company
4.Of God
a.smite with a plague, disease
b.smite = chastise, or send judgment upon
c.destroying
Hophalbe smitten
Strong's H5221נָכָה: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) KJV: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.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.