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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 the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - (LXX 32:12) Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not [fn]kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:12 - And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - and I will stretch out my hand, and smite the Egyptians with all my wonders, which I shall work among them, and after that he will send you forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharao, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - And seven days were fulfilled after the Lord had smitten the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 - (LXX 8:12) And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod with thy hand and smite the dust of the earth; and there shall be lice both upon man, and upon quadrupeds, and in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - (LXX 8:13) So Aaron stretched out his rod with his hand, and smote the dust of the earth; and the lice were on men and on quadrupeds, and in all the dust of the earth there were lice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - For now I will stretch forth my hand and smite thee and kill thy people, and thou shalt be consumed from off the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail smote all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite every first-born in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - And the Lord shall pass by to smite the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the door-posts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to smite you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - that ye shall say to them, This passover is a sacrifice to the Lord, as he defended the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, but delivered our houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharao that sat on the throne, to the first-born of the captive-maid in the dungeon, and the first-born of all cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and thou shalt go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - Behold, I stand there before thou come, on the rock in Choreb, and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:12 - And if any man smite another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that smote him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - And if a man smite his man-servant or his maid-servant, with a rod, and the party die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - And if one smite the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maid-servant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - And the Lord smote the people for the making of the calf, which Aaron made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:17 - And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:18 - And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - Whosoever shall smite a man, and he shall die, let him die the death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:24 - I also will walk with you with a perverse spirit, and I also will smite you seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - For every first-born is mine; in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every first-born in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - For every first-born among the children of Israel is mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:12 - I will smite them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of thee and of thy father's house a great nation, and much greater than this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:35 - And he smote him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - And now come, curse me this people, for it is stronger than we; if we may be able to smite some of them, and I will cast them out of the land: for I know that whomsoever thou dost bless, they are blessed, and whomsoever thou dost curse, they are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - Behold, a people has come forth out of Egypt, and has covered the face of the land, and it has encamped near to me; and now come, curse it for me, if indeed I shall be able to smite it, and cast it out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - And when the ass saw the angel of God standing opposite in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, then the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass with his staff to direct her in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the angel of God said to him, Why hast thou smitten thine ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand thee, for thy way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - Plague the Madianites as enemies, and smite them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the Lord smote, every first-born in the land of Egypt; also the Lord executed vengeance on their gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - And ye shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities of refuge for the slayer to flee to, every one who has [fn]killed another unintentionally.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - It shall be a place of refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that sojourns among you; these cities shall be for a place of refuge, for every one to flee thither who has killed a man unintentionally.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - And if he should smite him with an iron instrument, and the man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - And if he should smite him with a stone thrown from his hand, whereby a man may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - And if he should smite him with an instrument of wood from his hand, whereby he may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or if he have smitten him with his hand through anger, and the man should die, let the man that smote him be put to death by all means, he is a murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood, according to these judgments.

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