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smite

Meaning of “smite”

To strike, hit, beat, wound, kill, defeat, destroy, afflict, plague, or bring a forceful blow, judgment, correction, or rebuke upon someone or something.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
125 occurrences117 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 8:21

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Ezekiel 5:2
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:2 · retained source text

Thou shalt burne with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the dayes of the siege are fulfilled, and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife, and a third part thou shalt scatter in the winde, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 6:11
¶ Thus saith the Lord God; smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 6:11 · retained source text

¶ Thus sayth the LORD God; Smite with thine hand, and stampe with thy foot, and say, Alas, for all the euill abominations of the house of Israel: for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

1611 marginal noteChap. 21.17.

Ezekiel 9:5
¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 9:5 · retained source text

¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither haue ye pitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mine eares.

Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:12 · retained source text

Cry and howle, sonne of man, for it shalbe vpon my people, it shalbe vpon all the princes of Israel: terrours, by reason of the sword, shall be vpon my people: smite therefore vpon thy thigh.

1611 marginal noteOr, they are thrust downe to the sword with my people.

1611 marginal noteIere.31.19.

Ezekiel 21:14
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:14 · retained source text

Thou therefore sonne of man, prophecie and smite thine hands together, and let the sword bee doubled the third time, the sword of the slaine, it is the sword of the great men, that are slaine, which entreth into their priuie chambers.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hand to hand.

Ezekiel 21:17
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:17 · retained source text

I will also smite mine hands together, and I wil cause my furie to rest: I the LORD haue sayd it.

Ezekiel 32:15
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:15 · retained source text

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the countrey shall be destitute of that wherof it was full; when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shal they know that I am the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. desolate from the fulnesse therof.

Ezekiel 39:3
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:3 · retained source text

And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrowes to fall out of thy right hand.

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