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smote

Meaning of “smote”

1. Struck or dealt a blow to a person or thing with a hand, weapon, instrument, object, or force. 2. Attacked, defeated, slew, destroyed, or devastated a person, army, city, people, or land. 3. Afflicted, injured, or visited with disease, plague, blindness, calamity, or judgment. 4. Of the heart, convicted, troubled, or reproved inwardly.

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:5

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Jeremiah 20:2
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 20:2 · retained source text

Then Pashur smote Ieremiah the Prophet, and put him in the stockes that were in the high gate of Beniamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:19
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:19 · retained source text

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote vpon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea euen confounded, because I did beare the reproch of my youth.

1611 marginal noteDeut.30.2.

Jeremiah 37:15
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 37:15 · retained source text

Wherfore the princes were wroth with Ieremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison, in the house of Ionathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.

Jeremiah 41:2
Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 41:2 · retained source text

Then arose Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the sonne of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whome the king of Babylon had made gouernour ouer the land.

Jeremiah 46:2
Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 46:2 · retained source text

Against Egypt, against the armie of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the riuer Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the son of Iosiah king of Iudah.

Jeremiah 47:1
THE word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 47:1 · retained source text

¶ The word of the LORD that came to Ieremiah the Prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Azzah.

Jeremiah 52:27
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 52:27 · retained source text

And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath: thus Iudah was caried away captiue out of his owne land.

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