4347. makkah or makkeh

Lexicon

makkah or makkeh: Wound, blow, plague, slaughter

Original Word: מַכָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: makkah
Pronunciation: mahk-KAH
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-kaw')
Definition: Wound, blow, plague, slaughter
Meaning: a wound, carnage, pestilence

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, sore, stripe, stroke,

Or (masculine) makkeh {muk-keh'}; (plural only) from nakah; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence -- beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, X sore, stripe, stroke, wound((-ed)).

see HEBREW nakah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from nakah
Definition
a blow, wound, slaughter
NASB Translation
blow (1), casualties (1), crushed (1), disasters (1), inflicted (1), injury (1), plague (3), plagues (4), slaughter (14), stripes (1), strokes (2), wound (8), wounded (1), wounds (9).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 מַכִּי֥֥ 2 Kings 8:29 = 2 Kings 9:15 2Chron 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 ("" חַבֻּרוֺת מֶּצַע); 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 2Chronicles 22:6 (read ׳מִןהַֿמּ), Zechariah 13:6 (בֵּין יָדֶיךָ); symbolic of violence Jeremiah 6:7 (+ חֳלִי); מֶּצַע 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 ׳יs 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; 2Chronicles 13:17.

3 = defeat, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb with הִכָּה Joshua 10:10; Joshua 11:33; Joshua 15:8; 2Chronicles 28:5; = conquest (of ׳י) Isaiah 14:6.

4 plague, especially disease, as punishment (of ׳י), 1 Samuel 4:8; Deuteronomy 28:59 (3 t. 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. — מַכּוֺת2Chron 2:9 read מַכֹּלֶת (see אכל) as "" 1 Kings 5:25, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Be Öttli and Th^{1Ki 5:25}.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb נָכָה (nakah), which means "to strike" or "to smite."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G2871 (κοπή • kopē): Refers to a "cut" or "blow," often used in the context of a physical strike or wound.
• G3554 (νοσέω • noseō): Means "to be sick" or "to be ill," which can relate to the concept of pestilence or affliction.
• G4127 (πληγή • plēgē): Translates to "a blow" or "a wound," and is frequently used in the New Testament to describe plagues or divine judgments, similar to מַכָּה in the Hebrew Bible.

This entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the term מַכָּה (makkah) within its biblical context, illustrating its varied applications and significance in conveying physical, military, and divine afflictions.

Usage: The word מַכָּה is used in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible to describe physical wounds, the aftermath of battles, or divine judgments in the form of plagues or pestilences. It often conveys the idea of a significant and impactful strike or affliction.

Context: • מַכָּה (makkah) appears in numerous passages within the Hebrew Scriptures, illustrating both literal and metaphorical wounds. For instance, in the context of physical injury, it is used in passages like Deuteronomy 25:3, where it describes the punishment of flogging: "He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be degraded in your sight."
• In a military context, מַכָּה can refer to the devastation of war, as seen in 1 Samuel 4:10: "So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great, and thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell."
• The term is also employed to describe divine judgments, such as the plagues sent upon Egypt in Exodus. For example, Exodus 11:1 states, "Now the LORD had said to Moses, 'I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.'"
• מַכָּה is used metaphorically to describe spiritual or moral afflictions, emphasizing the severity of sin or divine retribution. In Isaiah 1:6, the prophet uses the imagery of wounds to describe the moral state of Israel: "From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil."

Forms and Transliterations

הַכְּמַכַּ֥ת הַמַּכִּים֙ הַמַּכָּ֖ה הַמַּכָּ֣ה הַמַּכּ֛וֹת הכמכת המכה המכות המכים וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת וּמִמַּכּוֹתַ֥יִךְ וּמַכָּ֣ה וּמַכָּֽה׃ וּמַכָּתִ֖י ומכה ומכה׃ ומכות ומכתי וממכותיך כְּמַכַּ֥ת כמכת מַכַּ֖ת מַכַּ֨ת מַכַּת־ מַכָּ֔ה מַכָּ֖ה מַכָּ֣ה מַכָּ֥ה מַכָּֽה־ מַכָּת֖וֹ מַכָּתִ֑י מַכָּתֵֽךְ׃ מַכָּתֶ֑ךָ מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔ מַכֹּתֶֽהָ׃ מַכּ֜וֹת מַכּ֞וֹת מַכּ֣וֹת מַכּ֤וֹת מַכּוֹתֶ֑יהָ מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ׃ מַכּוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ מַכּוֹתָֽם׃ מכה מכה־ מכות מכותה׃ מכותיה מכותיה׃ מכותם׃ מכת מכת־ מכתה׃ מכתו מכתי מכתך מכתך׃ hak·kə·mak·kaṯ hakkemakKat hakkəmakkaṯ ham·mak·kāh ham·mak·kîm ham·mak·kō·wṯ hammakKah hammakkāh hammakKim hammakkîm hammakKot hammakkōwṯ kə·mak·kaṯ kemakKat kəmakkaṯ mak·kā·ṯe·ḵā mak·kā·ṯêḵ mak·kā·ṯî mak·kā·ṯōw mak·kāh mak·kāh- mak·kaṯ mak·kaṯ- mak·kō·ṯe·hā mak·kō·ṯə·ḵā mak·kō·w·ṯām mak·kō·w·ṯe·hā mak·kō·wṯ makKah makkāh makkāh- makkat makkaṯ makkaṯ- makkaTech makkaTecha makkāṯêḵ makkāṯeḵā makkaTi makkāṯî makkaTo makkāṯōw makKot makkoTam makKotecha makkoTeha makkōṯehā makkoTeiha makkōṯəḵā makkōwṯ makkōwṯām makkōwṯehā ū·mak·kā·ṯî ū·mak·kāh ū·mak·kō·wṯ ū·mim·mak·kō·w·ṯa·yiḵ umakKah ūmakkāh umakkaTi ūmakkāṯî umakKot ūmakkōwṯ umimakkoTayich ūmimmakkōwṯayiḵ

Englishman's Concordance

Leviticus 26:21
HEB: וְיָסַפְתִּ֤י עֲלֵיכֶם֙ מַכָּ֔ה שֶׁ֖בַע כְּחַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃
NAS: Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times
KJV: more plagues upon you according to your sins.
INT: will increase and the plague seven to your sins

Numbers 11:33
HEB: יְהוָה֙ בָּעָ֔ם מַכָּ֖ה רַבָּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃
NAS: with a very severe plague.
KJV: with a very great plague.
INT: and the LORD the people plague severe A very

Deuteronomy 25:3
HEB: עַל־ אֵ֙לֶּה֙ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֔ה וְנִקְלָ֥ה
NAS: him with many more stripes than these
KJV: him above these with many stripes, then thy brother
INT: than these stripes many degraded

Deuteronomy 28:59
HEB: יְהוָה֙ אֶת־ מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת מַכּ֣וֹת
NAS: will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants,
KJV: will make thy plagues wonderful,
INT: will bring the LORD plagues plagues and your descendants

Deuteronomy 28:59
HEB: מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת מַכּ֣וֹת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ מַכּ֤וֹת
NAS: and lasting plagues, and miserable
KJV: wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed,
INT: the LORD plagues plagues and your descendants plagues

Deuteronomy 28:59
HEB: מַכּ֣וֹת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ מַכּ֤וֹת גְּדֹלוֹת֙ וְנֶ֣אֱמָנ֔וֹת
KJV: [even] great plagues, and of long continuance,
INT: plagues and your descendants plagues severe and lasting

Deuteronomy 28:61
HEB: חֳלִי֙ וְכָל־ מַכָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א
NAS: and every plague which,
KJV: Also every sickness, and every plague, which [is] not written
INT: sickness and every plague which not

Deuteronomy 29:22
HEB: וְ֠רָאוּ אֶת־ מַכּ֞וֹת הָאָ֤רֶץ הַהִוא֙
NAS: when they see the plagues of the land
KJV: when they see the plagues of that land,
INT: A distant see the plagues of the land he

Joshua 10:10
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּכֵּ֥ם מַכָּֽה־ גְדוֹלָ֖ה בְּגִבְע֑וֹן
NAS: them with a great slaughter at Gibeon,
KJV: them with a great slaughter at Gibeon,
INT: Israel slew slaughter A great Gibeon

Joshua 10:20
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְהַכּוֹתָ֛ם מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה־ מְאֹ֖ד
NAS: great slaughter, until
KJV: great slaughter, till they were consumed,
INT: of Israel slaying slaughter great A very

Judges 11:33
HEB: אָבֵ֣ל כְּרָמִ֔ים מַכָּ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד
NAS: great slaughter from Aroer
KJV: great slaughter. Thus the children
INT: the plain vines slaughter great A very

Judges 15:8
HEB: עַל־ יָרֵ֖ךְ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣רֶד
NAS: with a great slaughter; and he went down
KJV: with a great slaughter: and he went down
INT: and thigh slaughter A great went

1 Samuel 4:8
HEB: מִצְרַ֛יִם בְּכָל־ מַכָּ֖ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
NAS: with all [kinds of] plagues in the wilderness.
KJV: the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
INT: the Egyptians all plagues the wilderness

1 Samuel 4:10
HEB: לְאֹהָלָ֔יו וַתְּהִ֥י הַמַּכָּ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד
NAS: to his tent; and the slaughter was very
KJV: great slaughter; for there fell
INT: to his tent become and the slaughter great was very

1 Samuel 6:19
HEB: יְהוָ֛ה בָּעָ֖ם מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה
NAS: the people with a great slaughter.
KJV: with a great slaughter.
INT: the LORD the people slaughter A great

1 Samuel 14:14
HEB: וַתְּהִ֞י הַמַּכָּ֣ה הָרִאשֹׁנָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: That first slaughter which Jonathan
KJV: And that first slaughter, which Jonathan
INT: become slaughter first which

1 Samuel 14:30
HEB: לֹֽא־ רָבְתָ֥ה מַכָּ֖ה בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
NAS: For now the slaughter among the Philistines
KJV: for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
INT: has not been great the slaughter the Philistines

1 Samuel 19:8
HEB: וַיַּ֤ךְ בָּהֶם֙ מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ
NAS: them with great slaughter, so that they fled
KJV: them with a great slaughter; and they fled
INT: the Philistines and defeated slaughter great fled

1 Samuel 23:5
HEB: וַיַּ֥ךְ בָּהֶ֖ם מַכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣שַׁע
NAS: them with a great slaughter. Thus David
KJV: them with a great slaughter. So David
INT: their livestock and struck slaughter A great delivered

1 Kings 20:21
HEB: וְהִכָּ֥ה בַאֲרָ֖ם מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃
NAS: the Arameans with a great slaughter.
KJV: the Syrians with a great slaughter.
INT: and killed the Arameans slaughter A great

1 Kings 22:35
HEB: וַיִּ֥צֶק דַּֽם־ הַמַּכָּ֖ה אֶל־ חֵ֥יק
NAS: and the blood from the wound ran
KJV: ran out of the wound into the midst
INT: ran and the blood the wound into the bottom

2 Kings 8:29
HEB: בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִן־ הַמַּכִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַכֻּ֤הוּ
NAS: in Jezreel of the wounds which
KJV: in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
INT: Jezreel at of the wounds which had inflicted

2 Kings 9:15
HEB: בִיְזְרְעֶ֗אל מִן־ הַמַּכִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַכֻּ֣הוּ
NAS: to be healed of the wounds which
KJV: in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians
INT: to Jezreel at of the wounds which had inflicted

2 Chronicles 2:10
HEB: נָתַתִּי֩ חִטִּ֨ים ׀ מַכּ֜וֹת לַעֲבָדֶ֗יךָ כֹּרִים֙
NAS: 20000kors of crushed wheat and 20,000
KJV: measures of beaten wheat,
INT: will give wheat of beaten servants measures

2 Chronicles 13:17
HEB: אֲבִיָּ֥ה וְעַמּ֖וֹ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֑ה וַיִּפְּל֤וּ
NAS: them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000
KJV: them with a great slaughter: so there fell down
INT: and Abijah and his people slaughter A great fell

48 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4347
48 Occurrences

hak·kə·mak·kaṯ — 1 Occ.
ham·mak·kāh — 3 Occ.
ham·mak·kîm — 3 Occ.
ham·mak·kō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
kə·mak·kaṯ — 1 Occ.
mak·kāh — 17 Occ.
mak·kaṯ- — 3 Occ.
mak·kā·ṯêḵ — 1 Occ.
mak·kā·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
mak·kā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
mak·kā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
mak·kō·wṯ — 4 Occ.
mak·kō·w·ṯām — 1 Occ.
mak·kō·ṯə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
mak·kō·ṯe·hā — 2 Occ.
mak·kō·w·ṯe·hā — 2 Occ.
ū·mak·kāh — 2 Occ.
ū·mak·kā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
ū·mak·kō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·mim·mak·kō·w·ṯa·yiḵ — 1 Occ.