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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 14 times in 14 verses in 'Jos' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22 - And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 - Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:6 - Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:5 - I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
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