KJV dictionary & concordance

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.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

125 occurrences117 verses28 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 8:21

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Every verse containing “smite”

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Psalms 121:6

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The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Psalms 121:6 · retained source text

The sunne shall not smite thee by day; nor the moone by night.

Psalms 141:5

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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Psalms 141:5 · retained source text

Let the righteous smite mee, it shalbe a kindnesse: and let him reprooue me, it shalbe an excellent oile, which shall not breake my head: for yet my prayer also shalbe in their calamities.

1611 marginal noteOr, let the righteous smite mee kindly, and reproue me, let not their precious oile breake my head, &c.

Complete reference index — all 117 verses

Genesis 8:21 Genesis 32:8 Genesis 32:11 Exodus 3:20 Exodus 7:17 Exodus 8:2 Exodus 8:16 Exodus 9:15 Exodus 12:12 Exodus 12:13 Exodus 12:23 Exodus 17:6 Exodus 21:18 Exodus 21:20 Exodus 21:26 Exodus 21:27 Numbers 14:12 Numbers 22:6 Numbers 24:17 Numbers 25:17 Numbers 35:16 Numbers 35:17 Numbers 35:18 Numbers 35:21 Deuteronomy 7:2 Deuteronomy 13:15 Deuteronomy 19:11 Deuteronomy 20:13 Deuteronomy 28:22 Deuteronomy 28:27 Deuteronomy 28:28 Deuteronomy 28:35 Deuteronomy 33:11 Joshua 7:3 Joshua 10:4 Joshua 10:19 Joshua 12:6 Joshua 13:12 Judges 6:16 Judges 20:31 Judges 20:39 Judges 21:10 1 Samuel 15:3 1 Samuel 17:46 1 Samuel 18:11 1 Samuel 19:10 1 Samuel 20:33 1 Samuel 23:2 1 Samuel 26:8 1 Samuel 26:10 2 Samuel 2:22 2 Samuel 5:24 2 Samuel 13:28 2 Samuel 15:14 2 Samuel 17:2 2 Samuel 18:11 1 Kings 14:15 1 Kings 20:35 1 Kings 20:37 2 Kings 3:19 2 Kings 6:18 2 Kings 6:21 2 Kings 6:22 2 Kings 9:7 2 Kings 9:27 2 Kings 13:17 2 Kings 13:18 2 Kings 13:19 1 Chronicles 14:15 2 Chronicles 21:14 Psalms 121:6 Psalms 141:5 Proverbs 19:25 Isaiah 3:17 Isaiah 10:24 Isaiah 11:4 Isaiah 11:15 Isaiah 19:22 Isaiah 49:10 Isaiah 58:4 Jeremiah 18:18 Jeremiah 21:6 Jeremiah 21:7 Jeremiah 43:11 Jeremiah 46:13 Jeremiah 49:28 Ezekiel 5:2 Ezekiel 6:11 Ezekiel 9:5 Ezekiel 21:12 Ezekiel 21:14 Ezekiel 21:17 Ezekiel 32:15 Ezekiel 39:3 Amos 3:15 Amos 6:11 Amos 9:1 Micah 5:1 Nahum 2:10 Zechariah 9:4 Zechariah 10:11 Zechariah 11:6 Zechariah 12:4 Zechariah 13:7 Zechariah 14:12 Zechariah 14:18 Malachi 4:6 Matthew 5:39 Matthew 24:49 Matthew 26:31 Mark 14:27 Luke 22:49 Acts 23:2 Acts 23:3 2 Corinthians 11:20 Revelation 11:6 Revelation 19:15

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1 Samuel 15:3 2 Samuel 2:22 Psalm 141:5 Zechariah 13:7 Matthew 26:31 2 Samuel 2:16 2 Samuel 2:31 2 Samuel 2:32 Psalms 141:5 Genesis 8:21 Numbers 22:6 Joshua 7:3 2 Kings 13:18 Jeremiah 43:11 Zechariah 9:4 Revelation 19:15

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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To strike; to collide.

volume 2, leaf 615, column 1 (main_dictionary)