Stricken
נָכָאStrong’s H5218naka (na-ka)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naka is the Hebrew word usually translated “stricken” and “stricken people”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.”
Meaning
- Stricken
How it's translated
- stricken 3
- stricken people 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 3
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
Hebrew dictionary
נָכָא naka · stricken
stricken Another spelling of na.khe (נָכֵא "stricken" H5218B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stricken” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STRICKEN, participle passive
of strike.
- Struck; smitten; as the stricken deer. [See Strike.]
- Advanced; worn; far gone.“Abraham was old and well stricken in age” Genesis 24:1
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.