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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 1 / 7 (Gen 8:21–Num 35:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - He divided his forces against them by night, and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - “Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - But Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - “So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:20 - And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD commanded. So he lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:25 - And seven days passed after the LORD had struck the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 - So the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’ ”

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - “Now if I had stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, then you would have been cut off from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - ‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - “For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - “that you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:12 - “He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - “If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - “if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - “And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - “If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished accordingly as the woman’s husband imposes on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - So the LORD plagued the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:17 - ‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:18 - ‘Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - ‘And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:24 - then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:13 - “because all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine: I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:17 - “For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them to Myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was aroused against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

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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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - Then Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:35 - So they defeated him, his sons, and all his people, until there was no survivor left him; and they took possession of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Therefore please come at once, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overpower them and drive them out.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - Now the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - And the Angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is perverse before Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:17 - “Harass the Midianites, and attack them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:4 - For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them. Also on their gods the LORD had executed judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - ‘then you shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six cities shall be for refuge for the children of Israel, for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills a person accidentally may flee there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - ‘But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - ‘And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - ‘or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - ‘then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.

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