Definition

smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted

Etymology

or נָכָא; from H5217 (נָכָא);

Word family

• נָכָא nâkâʼ

How the KJV renders it

• broken
• stricken
• wounded

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.