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Strong's G3960 πατάσσω (patasso)

Patasso means “smite” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3960 — lashan (“accuse”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3960
Language Greek
Linked Usages 382
Books 38

Strong's G3960 Quick Answer

Strong's G3960 πατάσσω (patasso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. patasso (pat-as'-so) v. 1. to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally) [probably prolongation from G3817] It has 382 linked Bible usages across 38 books. Visible English usage signals include smote, lord, smite, israel, and men. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
patasso (pat-as'-so) v. 1. to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally) [probably prolongation from G3817]
Usage
382 linked usages
Books
38 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
smote, lord, smite, israel, and men

Meaning and Definition

patasso (pat-as'-so) v. 1. to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally) [probably prolongation from G3817] KJV: smite, strike Root(s): G3817 Compare: G5180

Original Word
πατάσσω
Transliteration
patasso
Derivation
Root: παίω R1: 3817
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3960. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to strike

Usage: πατάσσω [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for נָכָה hi., also for נָגַף, etc. ;] __1. in Hom., intrans., to beat (of the heart). __2. Trans. = πλήσσω, to strike, smite: absol., ἐν μαχαίρᾳ, Luk.22:49; with accusative of person(s), Mat.26:51, Luk.22:50; with accusative of thing(s), Act.12:7; of a deadly blow, Mat.26:31, Mrk.14:27, Act.7:24. Metaphorical, of disease: Act.12:23, Rev.11:6 19:15.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

smote lord smite israel men man people children land hand out went

How Strong's G3960 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 343 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3960 (πατάσσω) appears 400 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3960 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3960 in the New Testament

10 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G3960 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

343 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 8:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after a hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.

Genesis 14:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus.

Strong's G3960 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

29 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3960.

Genesis 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after a hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not anymore curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore anymore smite all living flesh as I have done.
Genesis 14:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is on the left of Damascus.
Genesis 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door.
Genesis 32:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.
Genesis 37:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Reuben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.
Exodus 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Exodus 3:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will stretch out my hand, and smite the Egyptians with all my wonders, which I shall work among them, and after that he will send you forth.
Exodus 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron having lifted up his hand with his rod, smote the water in the river before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood.
Exodus 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And seven days were fulfilled after the Lord had smitten the river.
Exodus 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth thy rod with thy hand and smite the dust of the earth; and there shall be lice both upon man, and upon quadrupeds, and in all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 8:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Aaron stretched out his rod with his hand, and smote the dust of the earth; and the lice were on men and on quadrupeds, and in all the dust of the earth there were lice.
Exodus 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For now I will stretch forth my hand and smite thee and kill thy people, and thou shalt be consumed from off the earth.
Exodus 9:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail smote all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field.
Exodus 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.
Exodus 12:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall pass by to smite the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the doorposts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to smite you.
Exodus 12:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that ye shall say to them, This Passover is a sacrifice to the Lord, as he defended the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, but delivered our houses.
Exodus 12:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the captive maid in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all cattle.
Exodus 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to thyself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and thou shalt go.
Exodus 17:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I stand there before thou come, on the rock in Horeb, and thou shalt smite the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel.
Exodus 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if any man smite another and he die, let him be certainly put to death.
Exodus 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
Exodus 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that smote him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing.
Exodus 21:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man smite his manservant or his maidservant, with a rod, and the party die under his hands, he shall be surely punished.
Exodus 21:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman’s husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
Exodus 21:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if one smite the eye of his manservant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye’s sake.
Exodus 32:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord smote the people for the making the calf, which Aaron made.
Leviticus 24:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death.
Leviticus 24:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life.
Leviticus 24:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whosoever shall smite a man, and he shall die, let him die the death.
Leviticus 26:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I also will walk with you with a perverse spirit, and I also will smite you seven times for your sins.
Numbers 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For every firstborn is mine; in the day in which I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every firstborn in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I am the Lord.
Numbers 8:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For every firstborn among the children of Israel is mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.
Numbers 11:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers 14:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will smite them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of thee and of thy father’s house a great nation, and much greater than this.
Numbers 20:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their cattle.
Numbers 21:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jabbok, as far as the children of Ammon, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Ammon.
Numbers 21:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his land.
Numbers 22:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now come, curse me this people, for it is stronger than we; if we may be able to smite some of them, and I will cast them out of the land: for I know that whomsoever thou dost bless, they are blessed, and whomsoever thou dost curse, they are cursed.
Numbers 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, a people has come forth out of Egypt, and has covered the face of the land, and it has encamped near to me; and now come, curse it for me, if indeed I shall be able to smite it, and cast it out of the land.
Numbers 22:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the ass saw the angel of God standing opposite in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, then the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass with his staff to direct her in the way.
Numbers 22:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of God said to him, Why hast thou smitten thine ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand thee, for thy way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.
Numbers 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Plague the Midianites as enemies, and smite them,
Numbers 33:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the Lord smote, every firstborn in the land of Egypt; also the Lord executed vengeance on their gods.
Numbers 35:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities of refuge for the slayer to flee to, everyone who has killed another unintentionally.
Numbers 35:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It shall be a place of refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that sojourns among you; these cities shall be for a place of refuge, for every one to flee thither who has killed a man unintentionally.
Numbers 35:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he should smite him with an iron instrument, and the man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.
Numbers 35:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he should smite him with a stone thrown from his hand, whereby a man may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.
Numbers 35:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he should smite him with an instrument of wood from his hand, whereby he may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death.
Numbers 35:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
or if he have smitten him with his hand through anger, and the man should die, let the man that smote him be put to death by all means, he is a murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him.
Numbers 35:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood, according to these judgments.
Numbers 35:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whoever kills a man, thou shalt slay the murderer on the testimony of witnesses; and one witness shall not testify against a soul that he should die.
Deuteronomy 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
after he had smitten Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan who dwelt in Ashtaroth and in Edrei;
Deuteronomy 2:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord our God delivered him before our face, and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
Deuteronomy 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord our God delivered him into our hands, even Og the king of Bashan, and all his people; and we smote him until we left none of his seed.
Deuteronomy 4:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on the other side of Jordan, in the valley near the house of Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel smote when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt not make a covenant with them, neither shall ye pity them:
Deuteronomy 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee thither, and shall live, whosoever shall have smitten his neighbor ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past.
Deuteronomy 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and slay him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past.
Deuteronomy 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if there should be in thee a man hating his neighbor, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 20:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy hands, and thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:
Deuteronomy 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if one be found slain with the sword in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, having fallen in the field, and they do not know who has smitten him;
Deuteronomy 27:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 28:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord smite thee with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue thee until they have destroyed thee.
Deuteronomy 28:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord smite thee with the botch of Egypt in the seat, and with a malignant scab, and itch, so that thou canst not be healed.
Deuteronomy 28:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord smite thee with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind.
Deuteronomy 28:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord smite thee with an evil sore, on the knees and the legs, so that thou shalt not be able to be healed from the sole of thy foot to the crown of thy head.
Deuteronomy 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye did not eat bread, ye did not drink wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 32:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, behold that I am he, And there is no god beside me: I kill, and I will make to live: I will smite, and I will heal; And there is none who shall deliver out of my hands.
Joshua 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and smote the men of Ai.
Joshua 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some being on this side, and some on that; and they smote them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.
Joshua 8:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Ai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them even to the end, then Joshua returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
Joshua 10:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Elam the king of Gezer went up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped.
Joshua 10:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the living creatures that were in it; there was no one preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they did to Adullam.
Joshua 10:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and they destroyed it, and everything breathing in it; and they did not leave in it anyone that was preserved: as they did to Hebron and her king, so they did to Debir and her king.
Joshua 10:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua smote all the land of the hill country, and Negeb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed everything that had the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,
Joshua 10:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua smote, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord God of Israel fought on the side of Israel.
Joshua 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smote them; and Moses gave them by way of inheritance to Reuben, and Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the kingdom of Og in the region of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei: he was left of the giants; and Moses smote him, and destroyed him.
Joshua 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, whom Moses smote, even him and the princes of Midian, and Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba prince of the spoils of Sihon, and the inhabitants of Sihon.
Joshua 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment.
Joshua 24:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I smote Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them.
Judges 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and they burned the city with fire.
Judges 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah went to the Canaanite who dwelt in Hebron; and Hebron came out against him; and the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba-sepher: and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak.
Judges 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Caleb said, Whosoever shall smite the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Achsah my daughter to wife.
Judges 1:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he showed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.
Judges 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm trees.
Judges 3:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they smote Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every lusty person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
Judges 3:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after him rose up Shamgar the son of Anath, and smote the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a plowshare such as is drawn by oxen; and he too delivered Israel.
Judges 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She stretched forth her left hand to the nail, And her right hand to the workman’s hammer, And she smote Sisera with it, she nailed through his head and smote him; She nailed through his temples.
Judges 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord said to him, The Lord shall be with thee, and thou shalt smite Midian as one man.
Judges 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon came, and behold a man was relating to his neighbor a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Midian, and it came as far as a tent, and smote it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
Judges 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, eastward of Nobah and Jogbehah; and he smote the host, and the host was secure.
Judges 9:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and formed an ambush in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people went forth out of the city, and he rose up against them, and smote them.
Judges 9:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech and the chiefs of companies that were with him rushed forward, and stood by the door of the gate of the city; and the two other companies rushed forward upon all that were in the field, and smote them.
Judges 11:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote him; and Israel inherited all the land of the Amorite who dwelt in that land,
Judges 11:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote them from Aroer till one comes to Arnon, in number twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great destruction: and the children of Ammon were straitened before the children of Israel.
Judges 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, Ye are of Gilead in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.
Judges 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ashkelon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Samson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.
Judges 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he smote them leg on thigh with a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock Etam.
Judges 15:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he found the jawbone of an ass that had been cast away, and he put forth his hand and took it, and smote with it a thousand men.
Judges 15:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, For with the jawbone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.
Judges 18:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and they came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
Judges 20:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Benjamin went out to meet the people, and were all drawn out of the city, and began to smite and slay the people as before in the roads, whereof one goes up to Bethel, and one to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
Judges 20:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord smote Benjamin before the children of Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin in that day a hundred and twenty-five thousand men: all these drew sword.
Judges 20:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they retreated, then the liers in wait rose up, and they moved on toward Gibeah, and the whole ambush came forth, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword.
Judges 20:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel saw that the liers in wait had seized Gibeah, and they stood in line of battle; and Benjamin began to smite down wounded ones among the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they fall again before us, as in the first battle.
Judges 20:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and the children of Israel picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gidom, and they smote of them two thousand men.
Judges 20:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel returned to the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword from the city of Methla, even to the cattle, and everything that was found in all the cities: and they burned with fire the cities they found.
Judges 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go ye and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword.
1 Kingdoms 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he struck it into the great caldron, or into the brazen vessel, or into the pot, and whatever came up with the fleshhook, the priest took for himself: so they did to all Israel that came to sacrifice to the Lord in Shiloh.
1 Kingdoms 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us today, for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.
1 Kingdoms 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people of Ashdod rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Ashdodians, and he plagued them, and he smote them in their secret parts, Ashdod and her coasts.
1 Kingdoms 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after it went about to Gath, that the hand of the Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he smote the men of the city small and great, and smote them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of emerods.
1 Kingdoms 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Beth-shemesh, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and the Lord smote among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people a very great plague.
1 Kingdoms 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Israel went forth out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them to the parts under Beth-car.
1 Kingdoms 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan smote Nasib the Philistine that dwelt in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised us.
1 Kingdoms 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan went up on his hands and feet, and his armor bearer with him; and they looked on the face of Jonathan, and he smote them, and his armor bearer did smite them after him.
1 Kingdoms 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer effected was twenty men, with darts and slings, and pebbles of the field.
1 Kingdoms 14:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on that day he smote some of the Philistines in Michmash; and the people were very weary.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3960, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 28 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 33 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 34 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 39 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 23 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 22 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 18 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3960 FAQ

What does patasso (πατάσσω) mean?

Patasso (Strong's G3960) is a Greek word most simply glossed "smite". patasso (pat-as'-so) v. 1. to knock (gently or with a weapon or fatally) [probably prolongation from G3817]

How many times is patasso (πατάσσω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 382 linked usages for Strong's G3960 across 38 books.

Where can I study patasso (πατάσσω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3960 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate patasso (πατάσσω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as smote, lord, smite, israel, men, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3960 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 343 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 29 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3960, with linked reader references where each row is available.