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Strong's G4141 πλήσσω (plesso)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4141 — mucab (“winding about”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4141
Language Greek
Linked Usages 24
Books 11

Strong's G4141 Quick Answer

Strong's G4141 πλήσσω (plesso) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. plesso (place'-so) v. 1. to pound 2. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity) It has 24 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include smitten, son, israel, part, and house. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
plesso (place'-so) v. 1. to pound 2. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity)
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
smitten, son, israel, part, and house

Meaning and Definition

plesso (place'-so) v. 1. to pound 2. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity) [apparently another form of G4111 (through the idea of flattening out)] KJV: smite Root(s): G4111 Compare: G5180

Original Word
πλήσσω
Transliteration
plesso
Derivation
Root: πλάσσω R1: 4111
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4141. 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: πλήσσω [in LXX chiefly for נָכָה hi., ho. ;] to strike, smite: pass., Rev.8:12 (cf. ἐπι, πλήσσω).† (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.

smitten son israel part house third said those saul jonathan wall died

How Strong's G4141 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 21 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 G4141 (πλήσσω) appears 24 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4141 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 G4141 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Revelation 8:12 KJV

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

Strong's G4141 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 9:31 Septuagint / Brenton

And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.

Exodus 9:32 Septuagint / Brenton

But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late.

Exodus 16:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.

Strong's G4141 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

4 Maccabees 14:19 Septuagint / Brenton

The very bees, at the season of honey making, attack all who approach; and pierce with their sting, as with a sword, those who draw near their hive, and repel them even unto death.

Wisdom of Solomon 19:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, As those were at the doors of the righteous man: When, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, Every one sought the passage of his own doors.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4141.

Exodus 9:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.
Exodus 9:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late.
Exodus 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.
Exodus 22:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.
Numbers 25:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the name of the smitten Israelitish man, who was smitten with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri son of Salmon, prince of a house of the tribe of Simeon.
Numbers 25:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the name of the Midianitish woman who was smitten, was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a prince of the nation of Ommoth: it is a chief house among the people of Midian.
Numbers 25:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Peor, and through Cozbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Midian, who was smitten in the day of the plague because of Peor.
Judges 20:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; and the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted in the ambuscade which they had prepared against Gibeah.
1 Kingdoms 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.
1 Kingdoms 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those who lived and died not were smitten with emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
2 Kingdoms 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they lamented, and wept, and fasted till evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Judah, and for the house of Israel, because they were smitten with the sword.
2 Kingdoms 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan Saul’s son had a son lame of his feet, five years old, and he was in the way when the news of Saul and Jonathan his son came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass as he hastened and retreated, that he fell, and was lamed. And his name was Mephibosheth.
2 Kingdoms 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said, Is there yet a man left of the house of Saul, that I may act toward him with the mercy of God? and Ziba said to the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame of his feet.
2 Kingdoms 11:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Uriah in front of the severe part of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.
2 Kingdoms 11:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thebez? why did ye draw near to the wall?
Proverbs 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Not knowing that he is running for his life.
Proverbs 23:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, And venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.
Isaiah 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Why should ye be smitten anymore, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.
Isaiah 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the people turned not until they were smitten, and they sought not the Lord.
Isaiah 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall he himself be thus smitten, even as he smote? and as he slew, shall he be thus slain?
Zechariah 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will say to him, What are these wounds between thy hands? and he shall say, Those with which I was wounded in my beloved house.
Revelation 8:12 New Testament, KJV
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
4 Maccabees 14:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The very bees, at the season of honey making, attack all who approach; and pierce with their sting, as with a sword, those who draw near their hive, and repel them even unto death.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, As those were at the doors of the righteous man: When, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, Every one sought the passage of his own doors.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4141, grouped by book.

Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4141 FAQ

What does plesso (πλήσσω) mean?

Plesso (Strong's G4141) is a Greek word most simply glossed "smite". plesso (place'-so) v. 1. to pound 2. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity)

How many times is plesso (πλήσσω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's G4141 across 11 books.

Where can I study plesso (πλήσσω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4141 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate plesso (πλήσσω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as smitten, son, israel, part, house, and third. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4141 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4141, with linked reader references where each row is available.