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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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Exodus 12:23
For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:23 · retained source text

For the LORD wil passe through to smite the Egyptians: and when hee seeth the blood vpon the lintel, and on the two side-postes, the LORD will passe ouer the doore, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in vnto your houses to smite you.

Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 17:6 · retained source text

Behold, I will stand before thee there, vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite the rocke, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drinke. And Moses did so, in the sight of the Elders of Israel.

1611 marginal noteNum. 20.9. psal. 78.15. and 105.41. wis. 11.4. 1.cor. 10.4.

Exodus 21:18
¶ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 21:18 · retained source text

¶ And if men striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

1611 marginal noteOr his neighbour.

Exodus 21:20
¶ And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 21:20 · retained source text

¶ And if a man smite his seruant, or his mayd, with a rod, and hee die vnder his hand, hee shall bee surely punished:

1611 marginal noteHebr. auenged.

Exodus 21:26
¶ And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:26 · retained source text

¶ And if a man smite the eye of his seruant, or the eye of his mayd, that it perish, hee shall let him goe free for his eyes sake.

Exodus 21:27
And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:27 · retained source text

And if he smite out his man seruants tooth, or his mayde seruants tooth, hee shal let him goe free for his tooths sake.

Numbers 14:12
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:12 · retained source text

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherite them, and will make of thee a greater nation, and mightier then they.

Numbers 22:6
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 22:6 · retained source text

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse mee this people, for they are too mightie for me: peraduenture I shall preuaile, that we may smite them, and that I may driue them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest, is blessed, and hee whom thou cursest, is cursed.

Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 24:17 · retained source text

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: There shall come a starre out of Iacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

1611 marginal noteOr, smite through the Princes of Moab.

Numbers 25:17
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 25:17 · retained source text

Uexe the Midianites, and smite them:

1611 marginal noteChap. 31.2.

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