Smitten
נֵכֶהStrong’s H5222nekheh (ne-kheh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Nekheh is the Hebrew word usually translated “smitten”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:”
Meaning
- Stricken, smitten
How it's translated
- smitten 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
נֵכֶה nekheh · smitten
stricken, smitten
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “smitten” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SMITTEN, participle passive
of smite, smit'n.
- Struck; killed.
- Affected with some passion; excited by beauty or someting impressive.
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.