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Lexicon :: Strong's H4347 - makâ

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מַכָּה
Transliteration
makâ
Pronunciation
mak-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1364d

Strong’s Definitions

מַכָּה makkâh, mak-kaw'; or (masculine) מַכֶּה makkeh; (plural only) from H5221; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence:—beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, × sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H4347 in the following manner: wound (14x), slaughter (14x), plague (11x), beaten (1x), stripes (2x), stroke (2x), blow (1x), smote (1x), sores (1x), wounded (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H4347 in the following manner: wound (14x), slaughter (14x), plague (11x), beaten (1x), stripes (2x), stroke (2x), blow (1x), smote (1x), sores (1x), wounded (1x).

  1. blow, wound, slaughter

    1. blow, stripe

    2. beating, scourging

    3. wound

    4. slaughter

    5. defeat, conquest

    6. plague

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַכָּה makkâh, mak-kaw'; or (masculine) מַכֶּה makkeh; (plural only) from H5221; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence:—beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, × sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).
STRONGS H4347: Abbreviations
† מַכָּה noun feminine blow, wound, slaughter; — absolute מ׳ 1 Samuel 4:8 +; construct מַכַּת Isaiah 10:26 +; suffix מַכָּתִי Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 15:18, etc.; **plural מַּכִּים 2 Kings 8:29 = 2 Kings 9:15 2 Chronicles 22:6; מַכּוֺת absolute Zechariah 13:6 +, construct,' etc.; plural מַכּוֺת absolute 2 Kings 8:29 +; construct Deuteronomy 29:21 +; suffix מַכֹּתְךָ Deuteronomy 28:59, מַכּוֺתַיִךְ Jeremiah 30:17, etc.; —
1. a. blow, stripe, literally of scourging, chastising Deuteronomy 25:3; Proverbs 20:30 (|| פֶּצַע חַבֻּרוֺת); מַכַּת חֶרֶב Esther 9:5 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb).
b. beating, scourging, figurative of defeat of Midian Isaiah 10:26 (|| עוֺרֵר שׁוֺט).
c. often wound 1 Kings 22:35; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Kings 9:15 2 Chronicles 22:6 (read מִןהַֿמּ׳), Zechariah 13:6 (בֵּין יָדֶיךָ); symbolic of violence Jeremiah 6:7 (+ חֳלִי); פֶּצַע וְחַבּוּרָה וּמַכָּה טְרִיָּה Isaiah 1:6 (of Judah, under figure of maltreated man), compare Micah 1:9 אֲנוּשָׁה מ׳), Nahum 3:19 (|| שֶׁבֶר; of Nineveh), especially in Jeremiah (of Judah): Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 30:12 (all + נַחֲלָה severe; || שֶׁבֶר), Jeremiah 15:18 (אֲנוּשָׁה מ׳), Jeremiah 19:8; Jeremiah 47:17; Jeremiah 50:13, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Jeremiah 30:14, with verb רָפָא heal Jeremiah 30:17; also מַחַץ מ׳ Isaiah 30:26 (|| שֶׁבֶר); of wounds made by י׳'s arrows Psalm 64:8.
2. = slaughter 1 Samuel 4:10; 1 Samuel 14:30, usually as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הִכָּה Joshua 10:20; 1 Samuel 6:19; 1 Samuel 14:14; 1 Samuel 19:8; 1 Samuel 23:5; 1 Kings 20:21; 2 Chronicles 13:17.
3. = defeat, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הִכָּה Joshua 10:10; Joshua 11:33; Joshua 15:8; 2 Chronicles 28:5; = conquest (of י׳) Isaiah 14:6.
4. plague, especially disease, as punishment (of י׳), 1 Samuel 4:8; Deuteronomy 28:59 (3 times in verse) (|| חֳלִי), Deuteronomy 28:61 (|| id.), Deuteronomy 29:21 (|| תַּחֲלֻאִים), Leviticus 26:21 (H), as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Numbers 11:33. — מַכּוֺת 2 Chronicles 2:9 read H4361 מַכֹּלֶת (see H398 אכל) as || 1 Kings 5:25, so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Be Öttli and Th1Ki 5:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:21

Numbers

11:33

Deuteronomy

25:3; 28:59; 28:59; 28:61; 29:21; 29:21

Joshua

10:10; 10:20; 15:8

1 Samuel

4:8; 4:8; 4:10; 6:19; 14:14; 14:30; 19:8; 23:5

1 Kings

20:21; 22:35

2 Kings

8:29; 8:29; 8:29; 9:15; 9:15

2 Chronicles

2:9; 13:17; 22:6; 22:6; 28:5

Esther

9:5

Psalms

64:8

Proverbs

20:30

Isaiah

1:6; 10:26; 10:26; 14:6; 30:26

Jeremiah

6:7; 10:19; 10:19; 14:17; 15:18; 15:18; 19:8; 30:12; 30:14; 30:17; 30:17; 50:13

Micah

1:9

Nahum

3:19

Zechariah

13:6; 13:6

H4347

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4347 matches the Hebrew מַכָּה (makâ),
which occurs 48 times in 46 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:21 - “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - But while they were gorging themselves on the meat—while it was still in their mouths—the anger of the LORD blazed against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:3 - But never give more than forty lashes; more than forty lashes would publicly humiliate your neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:59

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then the LORD will overwhelm you and your children with indescribable plagues. These plagues will be intense and without relief, making you miserable and unbearably sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:61

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:61 - The LORD will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22 - “Then the generations to come, both your own descendants and the foreigners who come from distant lands, will see the devastation of the land and the diseases the LORD inflicts on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 - The LORD threw them into a panic, and the Israelites slaughtered great numbers of them at Gibeon. Then the Israelites chased the enemy along the road to Beth-horon, killing them all along the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - So Joshua and the Israelite army continued the slaughter and completely crushed the enemy. They totally wiped out the five armies except for a tiny remnant that managed to reach their fortified towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel-keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. Then he went to live in a cave in the rock of Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Help! Who can save us from these mighty gods of Israel? They are the same gods who destroyed the Egyptians with plagues when Israel was in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - So the Philistines fought desperately, and Israel was defeated again. The slaughter was great; 30,000 Israelite soldiers died that day. The survivors turned and fled to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:19 - But the LORD killed seventy men[fn] from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the LORD. And the people mourned greatly because of what the LORD had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14 - They killed some twenty men in all, and their bodies were scattered over about half an acre.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - If the men had been allowed to eat freely from the food they found among our enemies, think how many more Philistines we could have killed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8 - War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21 - However, the king of Israel destroyed the other horses and chariots and slaughtered the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But King Joram[fn] was wounded in the fighting and returned to Jezreel to recover from his wounds.) So Jehu told the men with him, “If you want me to be king, don’t let anyone leave town and go to Jezreel to report what we have done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley,[fn] 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; 500,000 of Israel’s select troops were killed that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah[fn] of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:5 - Because of all this, the LORD his God allowed the king of Aram to defeat Ahaz and to exile large numbers of his people to Damascus. The armies of the king of Israel also defeated Ahaz and inflicted many casualties on his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:5 - So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:7 - But God himself will shoot them with his arrows,
suddenly striking them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:30 - Physical punishment cleanses away evil;[fn]
such discipline purifies the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6 - You are battered from head to foot—
covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds—
without any soothing ointments or bandages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD’s staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - You struck the people with endless blows of rage
and held the nations in your angry grip
with unrelenting tyranny.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:7 - Has the LORD struck Israel
as he struck her enemies?
Has he punished her
as he punished them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:26 - The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the LORD begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:7 - She spouts evil like a fountain.
Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction.
I always see her sickness and sores.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - My wound is severe,
and my grief is great.
My sickness is incurable,
but I must bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - Now, Jeremiah, say this to them:
“Night and day my eyes overflow with tears.
I cannot stop weeping,
for my virgin daughter—my precious people—
has been struck down
and lies mortally wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why then does my suffering continue?
Why is my wound so incurable?
Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook,
like a spring that has gone dry.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:8 - I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“Your injury is incurable—
a terrible wound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:14 - All your lovers—your allies—have left you
and do not care about you anymore.
I have wounded you cruelly,
as though I were your enemy.
For your sins are many,
and your guilt is great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 - I will give you back your health
and heal your wounds,” says the LORD.
“For you are called an outcast—
‘Jerusalem[fn] for whom no one cares.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:17 - “Edom will be an object of horror.
All who pass by will be appalled
and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:13 - Because of the LORD’s anger,
Babylon will become a deserted wasteland.
All who pass by will be horrified
and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:9 - For my people’s wound
is too deep to heal.
It has reached into Judah,
even to the gates of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:19 - There is no healing for your wound;
your injury is fatal.
All who hear of your destruction
will clap their hands for joy.
Where can anyone be found
who has not suffered from your continual cruelty?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:6 - And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?[fn]’ he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends’ house!’
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