Lexicon :: Strong's G4141 - plēssō

The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe[fn] and the flax was budding,

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger! ”

“If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

The name of the slain Israelite man, who was struck dead with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.[fn]

“For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.”

The Philistines lined up in battle formation against Israel, and as the battle intensified, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword ​— ​for Saul, his son Jonathan, the LORD’s people, and the house of Israel.

Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nanny picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to flee, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family that I can show the kindness of God to? ”

Ziba said to the king, “There is still Jonathan’s son who was injured in both feet.”

In the letter he wrote:

Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest fighting, then withdraw from him so that he is struck down and dies.

Then the messenger left.

When he arrived, he reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell.

until an arrow pierces its[fn] liver,

like a bird darting into a snare —

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

In the end it bites like a snake

and stings like a viper.

Why do you want more beatings?

Why do you keep on rebelling?

The whole head is hurt,

and the whole heart is sick.

The people did not turn to him who struck them;

they did not seek the LORD of Armies.

Did the LORD strike Israel

as he struck the one who struck Israel?

Was Israel killed like those killed by the LORD?

“If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’[fn] ​— ​then he will answer, ‘I received the wounds in the house of my friends.’