Strong's Lexicon

H4347

H4347 — מַכָּה מַכֶּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmakkahnoun femOccurrences: 48TWOT: 1364d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4347
Word:מַכָּה מַכֶּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:(plural only) from H5221
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:48
Transliteration:makkah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mak-kaw' (or (masculine) makkeh {muk-keh'}) n-f.
Meaning:1. a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2 2. (by implication) a wound 3. (figuratively) carnage, also pestilence
KJV Renderings:beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).

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מַכָּה noun feminine blow, wound, slaughter; — absolute ׳ מ 1Sam 4:8 +; construct מַכַּת Isa 10:26 +; suffix מַכָּתִי Jer 10:19; Jer 15:18, etc.;

plural מַכִּי֥֥ 2Kgs 8:29 = 2Kgs 9:15 = 2Chr 22:6 מַכּוֺת absolute Zech 13:6 +, construct,' etc.; plural מַכּוֺת absolute 2Kgs 8:29 +; construct Deut 29:21 +; suffix מַכֹּתְךָ Deut 28:59, מַכּוֺתַיִךְ Jer 30:17, etc.; —
1.
a. blow, stripe, literally of scourging, chastising Deut 25:3; Prov 20:30 (|| חַבֻּרוֺת פֶּצַע); מַכַּת חֶרֶב Esth 9:5 (as accusative of cognate meaning with verb).
b. beating, scourging, figurative of defeat of Midian Isa 10:26 (|| עוֺרֵר שׁוֺט ).
c. often wound 1Kgs 22:35 ; 2Kgs 8:29; 2Kgs 9:15 = 2Chr 22:6 (read ׳ מִןהַֿמּ), Zech 13:6 (בֵּין יָדֶיךָ); symbolic of violence Jer 6:7 (+ חֳלִי); פֶּצַע וְחַבּוּרָה וּמַכָּה טְרִיָּה Isa 1:6 (of Judah, under figure of maltreated man), compare Mic 1:9 אֲנוּשָׁה ׳ מ), Nah 3:19 (|| שֶׁבֶר; of Nineveh), especially in Jeremiah (of Judah): Jer 10:19; Jer 14:17; Jer 30:12 (all + נַחֲלָה severe; || שֶׁבֶר), Jer 15:18 (אֲנוּשָׁה ׳ מ), Jer 19:8; Jer 47:17 ; Jer 50:13, as accusative of cognate meaning with verb Jer 30:14, with verb רָפָא heal Jer 30:17 also ׳ מַחַץ מ Isa 30:26 (|| שֶׁבֶר); of wounds made by ׳ י's arrows Ps 64:8.
2. = slaughter 1Sam 4:10; 1Sam 14:30 , usually as accusative of cognate meaning with verb with הִכָּה Josh 10:20 ; 1Sam 6:19; 1Sam 14:14 ; 1Sam 19:8; 1Sam 23:5; 1Kgs 20:21 ; 2Chr 13:17 .
3. = defeat, as accusative of cognate meaning with verb with הִכָּה Josh 10:10 ; Josh 11:33 ; Josh 15:8; 2Chr 28:5 = conquest (of ׳ י) Isa 14:6.
4. plague, especially disease, as punishment (of ׳ י), 1Sam 4:8; Deut 28:59 (3 t. in verse) (|| חֳלִי), Deut 28:61 (|| id.), Deut 29:21 (|| תַּחֲלֻאִים), Lev 26:21 ( H ), as accusative of cognate meaning with verb Num 11:33. — מַכּוֺת 2Chr 2:9 read מַכֹּלֶת (see אכל ) as || 1Kgs 5:25, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Be Öttli and Th 1Kgs 5:25 .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מכה (mak-k)

Deuteronomy 25:8

KJV: Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
EHCC: beat him above these with many stripe,

Deuteronomy 28:69

EHCC: the Lord will make thy plagues wooderfal

Deuteronomy 20:22

EHCC: (31). when they see the plagucr of that

Judges 11:88

EHCC: with d very slaw

Judges 15:8

KJV: And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
EHCC: hip and thigh with ם great slaughfer:

Judges 6:19

KJV: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.a kid: Heb. a kid of the goats
EHCC: of the le with a .

Judges 14:14

KJV: And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
EHCC: that ‘iret slaughter, which =

Judges 19:8

KJV: And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.until afternoon: Heb. till the day declined
EHCC: elew them with a great slaughfer:

2 Kings 8:29

KJV: And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.which…: Heb. wherewith the Syrians had woundedRamah: called Ramothsick: Heb. wounded
EHCC: & 9:15. the wounds which the Syrians bed

Esther 9:5

KJV: Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.what…: Heb. according to their will
EHCC: with the stroke of the sword,

Psalms 64:7

KJV: But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.shall they…: Heb. their wound shall be
EHCC: (8) suddenly shall they be wounded. (st

Proverbs 20:80

EHCC: so (do) stripes the inward parts

Proverbs 80:26

EHCC: healeth the stroke of their wound.

Jeremiah 6:7

KJV: As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
EHCC: continually (is) grief end wounds.

Jeremiah 10:19

KJV: Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
EHCC: my wound is grievous;

Jeremiah 14:17

KJV: Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
EHCC: with ם very grievous blow.

Jeremiah 15:18

KJV: Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?fail: Heb. be not sure?
EHCC: and my wound incurable,

Jeremiah 19:8

KJV: And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
EHCC: because of all the plagues thereof.

Jeremiah 30:12

KJV: For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
EHCC: thy wound (is) grievous.

Jeremiah 30:14

KJV: All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
EHCC: have wounded thee with the wound of
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