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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 3 / 7 (Jdg 15:8–2Sa 8:5)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - And he struck them hip and thigh with a great blow, and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:15 - And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:16 - And Samson said,
“With the jawbone of a donkey,
heaps upon heaps,
with the jawbone of a donkey
have I struck down a thousand men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 - But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:37 - Then the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; the men in ambush moved out and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. Five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways. And they were pursued hard to Gidom, and 2,000 men of them were struck down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - And the men of Israel turned back against the people of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, the city, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns that they found they set on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:14 - and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:9 - But after they had brought it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the LORD. He struck seventy men of them,[fn] and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great blow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11 - And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them, as far as below Beth-car.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:13 - Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14 - And that first strike, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, killed about twenty men within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre[fn] of land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:48 - And he did valiantly and struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction[fn] all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:7 - And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:35 - I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:49

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:49 - And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:7 - And the women sang to one another as they celebrated,
“Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:5 - For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8 - And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, so that they fled before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9 - And the priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here.” And David said, “There is none like that; give it to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:11 - And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances,
‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:2 - Therefore David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5 - And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines and brought away their livestock and struck them with a great blow. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:5 - And afterward David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - And about ten days later the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:5 - Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances,
‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:1 - Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:15 - Then David called one of the young men and said, “Go, execute him.” And he struck him down so that he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin 360 of Abner’s men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:25 - And David did as the LORD commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:1 - After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:3 - David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

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