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Lexicon :: Strong's G3960 - patassō

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πατάσσω
Transliteration
patassō (Key)
Pronunciation
pat-as'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably prolongation from παίω (G3817)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:939,804

Strong’s Definitions

πατάσσω patássō, pat-as'-so; probably prolongation from G3817; to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally):—smite, strike. Compare G5180.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3960 in the following manner: smite (9x), strike (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3960 in the following manner: smite (9x), strike (1x).

  1. to strike gently: as a part or a member of the body

  2. to stroke, smite: with the sword, to afflict, to visit with evils, etc. as with a deadly disease

  3. to smite down, cut down, to kill, slay

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πατάσσω patássō, pat-as'-so; probably prolongation from G3817; to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally):—smite, strike. Compare G5180.
STRONGS G3960:
πατάσσω: future πατάξω; 1 aorist ἐπάταξα; the Sept. times without number for הִכָּה (Hiphil of נָכָה, unused in Kal), also for נָגַף, etc.; (in Homer intransitive, to beat, of the heart; from Aristophanes, Sophocles, Plato, others on used it transitively);
1. to strike gently: τί (as a part or a member of the body), Acts 12:7.
2. to strike, smite: absolutely, ἐν μάχαιρα, with the sword, Luke 22:49; τινα, Matthew 26:51; Luke 22:50. by a use solely biblical, to afflict; to visit with evils, etc.: as with a deadly disease, τινα, Acts 12:23; τινα ἐν with the dative of the thing, Revelation 11:6 G L T Tr WH; Rev 19:15 (Genesis 8:21; Numbers 14:12; Exodus 12:23, etc.).
3. by a use solely biblical, to smite down, cut down, to kill, slay: τινα, Matthew 26:31 and Mark 14:27 (after Zechariah 13:7); Acts 7:24.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
8:21
Exodus
12:23
Numbers
14:12
Zechariah
13:7
Matthew
26:31; 26:51
Mark
14:27
Luke
22:49; 22:50
Acts
7:24; 12:7; 12:23
Revelation
11:6; 19:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3960 matches the Greek πατάσσω (patassō),
which occurs 368 times in 341 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 8:21–Num 35:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And Yahweh smelled the [fn]soothing aroma; and Yahweh said [fn]to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the [fn]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And he divided [fn]his men against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is [fn]north of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - And they [fn]struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from small to great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - “Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and strike me down with the mothers and the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - But Reuben heard this and delivered him out of their hands and said, “Let us not strike down his life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - So he turned this way and that, and he saw that there was no one around. So he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - “So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wondrous deeds which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.

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So Moses and Aaron did thus, as Yahweh had commanded. And he raised up [fn]the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - And seven full days [fn]passed after Yahweh had struck the Nile.

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [fn]gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - “For if by now I had sent forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been wiped out from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from man to beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - ‘And I will go through the land of Egypt on that night and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - “And Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - that you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but delivered our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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Now it happened at midnight that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the [fn]dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

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“And if men contend with each other and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but [fn]remains in bed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his [fn]loss of time, and he [fn]shall take care of him until he is completely healed.

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“And if a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies [fn]at his hand, he shall surely [fn]be punished.

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“And if men struggle with each other and [fn]strike a woman with child so that [fn]she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband [fn]will set for him, and he shall pay [fn]as the judges decide.

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“And if a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - Then Yahweh smote the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.

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‘If a man strikes down the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:18 - ‘And the one who strikes down the life of an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - ‘Thus the one who strikes down an animal shall make restitution for it, but the one who strikes down a man shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:24 - then I will walk in hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - “For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - “For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very severe plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12 - “I will strike them with [fn]pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - Then Moses raised high his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - Then Israel [fn]struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was [fn]Jazer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:35 - So they struck down him and his sons and all his people, until [fn]there was no survivor remaining for him; and they possessed his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “So now, please come, curse this people for me since they are too [fn]mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - Then the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, and the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; so Balaam struck the donkey to turn it back into the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the angel of Yahweh said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary because your way was [fn]contrary to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - “Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them,

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but the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom Yahweh had struck down among them. Yahweh had also executed judgments on their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has struck down any person unintentionally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel and for the sojourner and for the foreign resident among them; that anyone who strikes a person down unintentionally may flee there.

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‘But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - ‘And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the congregation shall judge between the [fn]slayer and the blood avenger according to these legal judgments.

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