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strike

Meaning of “strike”

1. To hit, smite, or make forceful contact, including striking off or through. 2. To apply something by a striking motion. 3. To strike hands: to clasp hands in pledge or surety.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
12 occurrences12 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 12:7

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Exodus 12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:7 · retained source text

And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side postes, and on the vpper doore poste, of the houses wherin they shall eate it.

Exodus 12:22
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 12:22 · retained source text

And ye shall take a bunch of hysope, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side postes with the blood that is in the bason: and none of you shall goe out at the doore of his house, vntill the morning.

1611 marginal noteHeb. 11.28.

Deuteronomy 21:4
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 21:4 · retained source text

And the Elders of that citie shall bring downe the heifer vnto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sowen, and shall strike off the heifers necke there in the valley.

2 Kings 5:11
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 5:11 · retained source text

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and saide, Beholde, I thought, He will surely come out to me and stand, and call on the Name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand ouer the place, and recouer the leper.

1611 marginal noteHebr. said. Or, I said with my selfe, He will surely come out &c.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mooue vp and downe.

Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 17:3 · retained source text

Lay downe now, put me in a suretie with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Job 20:24
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 20:24 · retained source text

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.

Psalms 110:5
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
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1611 witness · Psalms 110:5 · retained source text

The LORD at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 7:23 · retained source text

Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 22:26 · retained source text

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.1. and 11.15.

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