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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4347

מַכָּה

makkahmak-kaw'

wound

48 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: makkâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4347is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 17 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 33
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4347

a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence

The King James renders it: beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

makkah is rendered "wound". It stands 48 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-three different ways.

The first use

If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:21מַכָּ֔ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in seventeen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 22 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • a defeat7
  • the wounds4
  • wounds its4
  • a blow3
  • and wound2
  • plague2
  • plagues of2
  • the slaughter2
  • wound your2
  • ¿ like striking? of1
  • a plague1
  • a slaughter1

and 17 more, 48 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מַכָּרmakkaracquaintanceUses2

All 48, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

33 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מַכָּ֖ה5
  • מַכָּ֣ה5
  • מַכָּ֥ה4
  • הַמַּכִּים֙3
  • הַמַּכָּ֖ה2
  • מַכָּ֔ה2
  • הַכְּמַכַּ֥ת1
  • הַמַּכָּ֣ה1
  • הַמַּכּ֛וֹת1
  • וּמַכָּ֣ה1
  • וּמַכָּֽה׃1
  • וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת1

and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular17HNcfsa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular4HNcfpc/Sp3fs
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3HTd/Ncmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine plural2HNcfpa
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfpc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp2fs
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcfpc/Sp2ms

Leviticus

one use
  • If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

    Leviticus 26:21

    • מַכָּ֔הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blow

Numbers

one use
  • But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.

    Numbers 11:33

    • מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a plague

Deuteronomy

six uses
  • He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

    Deuteronomy 25:3

    • מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: striking
  • He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.

    Deuteronomy 28:59

    • מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔makotekhanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: plagues your
    • מַכּ֣וֹתmakotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plagues of
    • מַכּ֤וֹתmakotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: plagues
  • The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

    Deuteronomy 28:61

    • מַכָּ֔הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: plague
  • 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.

    Deuteronomy 29:22

    • מַכּ֞וֹתmakotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: plagues of

Joshua

two uses
  • And 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.

    Joshua 10:10

    • מַכָּֽה־makah-noun · feminine singulartagged: a defeat
  • So 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.

    Joshua 10:20

    • מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a defeat

Judges

two uses
  • With 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.

    Judges 11:33

    • מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a defeat
  • And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

    Judges 15:8

    • מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a defeat

1 Samuel

seven uses
  • Woe 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.

    1 Samuel 4:8

    • מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: plague
  • So 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.

    1 Samuel 4:10

    • הַמַּכָּ֖הhamakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the slaughter
  • But 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.

    1 Samuel 6:19

    • מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a blow
  • In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.

    1 Samuel 14:14

    • הַמַּכָּ֣הhamakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the slaughter
  • How 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?”

    1 Samuel 14:30

    • מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: defeat
  • When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

    1 Samuel 19:8

    • מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a defeat
  • Then 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.

    1 Samuel 23:5

    • מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a defeat

1 Kings

two uses
  • Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.

    1 Kings 20:21

    • מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a slaughter
  • The 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.

    1 Kings 22:35

    • הַמַּכָּ֖הhamakahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the wound

2 Kings

two uses
  • So 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.

    2 Kings 8:29

    • הַמַּכִּים֙hamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the wounds
  • but 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.”

    2 Kings 9:15

    • הַמַּכִּים֙hamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the wounds

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • I 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.”

    2 Chronicles 2:10

    • מַכּ֜וֹתmakotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: wounds
  • Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

    2 Chronicles 13:17

    • מַכָּ֣הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a striking
  • so 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.

    2 Chronicles 22:6

    • הַמַּכִּים֙hamakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the wounds
  • So 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.

    2 Chronicles 28:5

    • מַכָּ֥הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a defeat

Esther

one use
  • The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

    Esther 9:5

    • מַכַּת־makat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a striking down of

Psalms

one use
  • But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

    Psalms 64:7

    • מַכּוֹתָֽם׃makotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: wounds their

Proverbs

one use
  • Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

    Proverbs 20:30

    • וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹתumakotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and blows

Isaiah

five uses
  • From 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.

    Isaiah 1:6

    • וּמַכָּ֣הumakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and wound
  • 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.

    Isaiah 10:26

    • כְּמַכַּ֥תkemakatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like defeat of
  • It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

    Isaiah 14:6

    • מַכַּ֖תmakatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a blow
  • Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?

    Isaiah 27:7

    • הַכְּמַכַּ֥תhakemakatquestion particle + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ¿ like striking? of
  • The 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.

    Isaiah 30:26

    • מַכָּת֖וֹmakatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: blow his

Jeremiah

ten uses
  • As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

    Jeremiah 6:7

    • וּמַכָּֽה׃umakahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and wound
  • Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

    Jeremiah 10:19

    • מַכָּתִ֑יmakatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wound my
  • You 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.

    Jeremiah 14:17

    • מַכָּ֖הmakahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a wound
  • Why 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.

    Jeremiah 15:18

    • וּמַכָּתִ֖יumakaticonjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and wound my
  • I 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.

    Jeremiah 19:8

    • מַכֹּתֶֽהָ׃makotehanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: wounds its
  • For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

    Jeremiah 30:12

    • מַכָּתֵֽךְ׃makatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: wound your
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 30:14

    • מַכַּ֨תmakatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: blow of
  • But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”

    Jeremiah 30:17

    • וּמִמַּכּוֹתַ֥יִךְumimakotayikhconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and from wounds your
  • “Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

    Jeremiah 49:17

    • מַכּוֹתֶֽהָ׃makotehanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: wounds its
  • Because 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.

    Jeremiah 50:13

    • מַכּוֹתֶֽיהָ׃makoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: wounds its

Micah

one use
  • For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

    Micah 1:9

    • מַכּוֹתֶ֑יהָmakoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: wounds its

Nahum

one use
  • There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

    Nahum 3:19

    • מַכָּתֶ֑ךָmakatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wound your

Zechariah

one use
  • If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

    Zechariah 13:6

    • הַמַּכּ֛וֹתhamakotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the wounds

The letters

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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