Word Study · Strong's H4347 · Hebrew
מַכָּה
makkah
mak-kaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: makkâh
“a wound”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
Rendered in the KJV as
beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).
- 48occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 17 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 33inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 48 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 33
- מַכָּ֖ה5
- מַכָּ֣ה5
- מַכָּ֥ה4
- הַמַּכִּים֙3
- הַמַּכָּ֖ה2
- מַכָּ֔ה2
- הַכְּמַכַּ֥ת1
- הַמַּכָּ֣ה1
- הַמַּכּ֛וֹת1
- וּמַכָּ֣ה1
- וּמַכָּֽה׃1
- וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת1
and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 30
- a defeat7
- wounds its4
- a blow3
- the wounds3
- [the] plagues of2
- and wound[s]2
- plague2
- the slaughter2
- wound your2
- ¿ like [the] striking? of1
- [are] the wounds1
- [the] blow of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 20
- noun · feminine singular17
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2
- noun · feminine plural2
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 17
- HNcfpc/Sp3fs · 4
- HNcfsc · 3
- HTd/Ncfsa · 3
- HTd/Ncmpa · 3
- HC/Ncfsa · 2
- HNcfpa · 2
- HNcfpc · 2
- HC/Ncfpc · 1
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcfpc/Sp2ms · 1
All 48, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah10 of 48 · 21%
- 1 Samuel7 of 48 · 15%
- Deuteronomy6 of 48 · 13%
- Isaiah5 of 48 · 10%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 48 · 8%
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus1 occurrence
Deuteronomy6 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 25:3מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singularHe may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.here: striking
- Deuteronomy 28:59מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔makotekhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularHe will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.here: plagues your
- Deuteronomy 28:59מַכּ֣וֹתmakotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.here: [the] plagues of
- Deuteronomy 28:59מַכּ֤וֹתmakotnoun · feminine pluralHe will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.here: plagues
- Deuteronomy 28:61מַכָּ֔הmakahnoun · feminine singularThe LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.here: plague
- Deuteronomy 29:22מַכּ֞וֹתmakotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.here: [the] plagues of
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 10:10מַכָּֽה־makah-noun · feminine singularAnd the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.here: a defeat
- Joshua 10:20מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singularSo Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.here: a defeat
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 11:33מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singularWith a great blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites.here: a defeat
- Judges 15:8מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singularAnd he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.here: a defeat
1 Samuel7 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 4:8מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singularWoe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.here: plague
- 1 Samuel 4:10הַמַּכָּ֖הhamakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.here: the slaughter
- 1 Samuel 6:19מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singularBut God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.here: a blow
- 1 Samuel 14:14הַמַּכָּ֣הhamakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularIn that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.here: the slaughter
- 1 Samuel 14:30מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singularHow much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”here: defeat
- 1 Samuel 19:8מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singularWhen war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.here: a defeat
- 1 Samuel 23:5מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singularThen David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.here: a defeat
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 20:21מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singularThen the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.here: a slaughter
- 1 Kings 22:35הַמַּכָּ֖הhamakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.here: the wound
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 8:29הַמַּכִּים֙hamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSo King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: the wounds
- 2 Kings 9:15הַמַּכִּים֙hamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralbut King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”here: the wounds
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:10מַכּ֜וֹתmakotnoun · feminine pluralI will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”here: wounds
- 2 Chronicles 13:17מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singularThen Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.here: a striking
- 2 Chronicles 22:6הַמַּכִּים֙hamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralso he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: the wounds
- 2 Chronicles 28:5מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singularSo the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.here: a defeat
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:6וּמַכָּ֣הumakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularFrom the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.here: and wound[s]
- Isaiah 10:26כְּמַכַּ֥תkemakatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.here: like [the] defeat of
- Isaiah 14:6מַכַּ֖תmakatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.here: a blow
- Isaiah 27:7הַכְּמַכַּ֥תhakemakatquestion particle + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?here: ¿ like [the] striking? of
- Isaiah 30:26מַכָּת֖וֹmakatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.here: blow his
Jeremiah10 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:7וּמַכָּֽה׃umakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularAs a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.here: and wound[s]
- Jeremiah 10:19מַכָּתִ֑יmakatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWoe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”here: wound my
- Jeremiah 14:17מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singularYou are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.here: a wound
- Jeremiah 15:18וּמַכָּתִ֖יumakaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWhy is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.here: and wound my
- Jeremiah 19:8מַכֹּתֶֽהָ׃makotehanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularI will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.here: wounds its
- Jeremiah 30:12מַכָּתֵֽךְ׃makatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularFor this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.here: wound your
- Jeremiah 30:14מַכַּ֨תmakatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.here: [the] blow of
- Jeremiah 30:17וּמִמַּכּוֹתַ֥יִךְumimakotayikhconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularBut I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”here: and from wounds your
- Jeremiah 49:17מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ׃makotehanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.here: wounds its
- Jeremiah 50:13מַכּוֹתֶֽיהָ׃makoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularBecause of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.here: wounds its