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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 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
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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
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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Amos 3:15
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Amos 3:15 · retained source text

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of yuorie shall perish, and the great houses shall haue an end, saith the LORD.

Amos 6:11
For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 6:11 · retained source text

For beholde, the LORD commandeth, and hee will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

1611 marginal noteOr, droppings.

Amos 9:1
I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 9:1 · retained source text

¶ I saw the LORD standing vpon the altar, and he said, Smite the lintell of the doore, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head all of them, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: hee that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered.

1611 marginal noteOr, chapiter, or knop.

1611 marginal noteOr, wound them.

Micah 5:1
NOW gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Now gather thy selfe in troupes, O daughter of troupes: he hath laid siege against vs: they shal smite the Iudge of Israel with a rod vpon the cheeke.

Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nahum 2:10 · retained source text

Shee is emptie, and voide, and waste, and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much paine is in all loynes, and the faces of them all gather blacknesse.

1611 marginal noteIsai.13.7, 8.

Zechariah 9:4
Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 9:4 · retained source text

Behold, the LORD wil cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea, and she shalbe deuoured with fire.

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