πλήσσω
plḗssō
“to pound, i.e. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity)”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to pound, i.e. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
also spelled πλήττω, to strike, smite; from the Hebrew, to smite, to plague, blast, Rev. 8:12
Translated in KJV as
smite
Etymology
apparently another form of G4111 (πλάσσω) (through the idea of flattening out);
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