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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)
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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 - The LORD smelled the soothing aroma, and the LORD said [fn]to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the [fn]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again [fn]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from the small to the great, so that they became weary of trying to find the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - “Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and [fn]attack me and the mothers with the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands [fn]by saying, “Let’s not [fn]take his life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - So he [fn]looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid [fn]his body in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - “So I will reach out with My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles 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 just as the LORD had commanded. And he lifted 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 into blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - Seven days [fn]passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Extend your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may turn into [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - They did so; and Aaron extended his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [fn]gnats on every [fn]person and animal. All the dust of the earth turned into [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - “For had I now put out My hand and struck you and your people with plague, you would then have been eliminated from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - The hail struck everything that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from people to animals; 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 - ‘For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and fatally strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the human firstborn to animals; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - “For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; but when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but [fn]spared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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Now it came about at midnight that the LORD 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 dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then the LORD 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 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, so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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“He who strikes someone so that he dies shall certainly be put to death.

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“Now if people have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but [fn]is confined to 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 [fn]shall pay for his care until he is completely healed.

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

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“Now if people struggle with each other and strike a pregnant woman so that [fn]she gives birth prematurely, but there is no injury, the guilty person shall certainly be fined as the woman’s husband [fn]may demand of him, and he shall pay [fn]as the judges decide.

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“And if someone strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he shall let [fn]the slave go free on account of the eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - Then the LORD struck the people with a plague, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.

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‘Now if someone [fn]takes any human life, he must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:18 - ‘But the one who [fn]takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, life for life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - ‘So the one who [fn]kills an animal shall make restitution, but the one who [fn]kills a person shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:24 - then I in turn will show hostility toward 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 fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from the human firstborn to animals. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - “For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the people and among the animals; on the day that I fatally struck 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 the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD 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]plague 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 his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their livestock drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - Then Israel 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 [fn]killed him and his sons and all his people, until there was no survivor left; and they took possession of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too [fn]mighty for me; perhaps I will be able to [fn]defeat them 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 will 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 - When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, the donkey turned off from the road and went into the field; and Balaam struck the donkey to guide her back onto the road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:32

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - “Be hostile to the Midianites and attack them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom the LORD had fatally struck among them. The LORD had also executed judgments against 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, so that the one who commits manslaughter by [fn]killing a 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 a refuge for the sons of Israel, for the stranger, and for the foreign resident among them; so that anyone who [fn]kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or if he struck him with his hand with hostility, and as a result he died, the one who struck him must 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 one who fatally struck the victim and the blood avenger in accordance with these ordinances.

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