Help QuickNav Adv. Options
RSV

RSV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G3960 - patassō

Choose a new font size and typeface
πατάσσω
Transliteration
patassō (Key)
Pronunciation
pat-as'-so
Listen
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And when the LORD smelled the pleasing odor, the LORD said in his heart, "I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - And they struck with blindness the men who were at the door of the house, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves groping for the door.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and slay us all, the mothers with the children.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - So I will stretch out my hand and smite Egypt with all the wonders which I will do in it; after that he will let you go.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, he lifted up the rod and struck the water that was in the Nile, and all the water that was in the Nile turned to blood.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:25

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there came gnats on man and beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - For by now I could have put forth my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - The hail struck down everything that was in the field throughout all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and the hail struck down every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of the field.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - For the LORD will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and 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 enter your houses to slay you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he slew the Egyptians but spared our houses.'" And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - At midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the rod with which you struck the Nile, and go.

Tools

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 shall come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:12 - "Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - "When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - then if the man rises again and walks abroad with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - "When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - "When men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that there is a miscarriage, and yet no harm follows, the one who hurt her shall be fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - "When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free for the eye's sake.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - And the LORD sent a plague upon the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:17 - He who kills a man shall be put to death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:18 - He who kills a beast shall make it good, life for life.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - He who kills a beast shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:24 - then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will smite you sevenfold for your sins.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the LORD."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - For all the first-born among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12 - I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel slew him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites; for Jazer was the boundary of the Ammonites.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:35 - So they slew him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was not one survivor left to him; and they possessed his land.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - 'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'"

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the road, and went into the field; and Balaam struck the ass, to turn her into the road.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why have you struck your ass these three times? Behold, I have come forth to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - "Harass the Mid'ianites, and smite them;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom the LORD had struck down among them; upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that any one who kills any person without intent may flee there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - "But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Tools

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 a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - Or if he struck him down with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death; he is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood, in accordance with these ordinances;

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
RSV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
RSV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan