Definition

to hit (as if by a single blow and less violently than G5180 (τύπτω)); specially, to sting (as a scorpion)

Etymology

a primary verb;

Where the KJV renders it

• smite
• strike

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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