Lexical Summary plēssō: to strike Original Word: πλήσσωTransliteration: plēssō Phonetic Spelling: (place'-so) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to strike Meaning: to strike Strong's Concordance smite, strike. Apparently another form of plasso (through the idea of flattening out); to pound, i.e. (figuratively) to inflict with (calamity) -- smite. Compare tupto. see GREEK tupto see GREEK plasso Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4141: πλήσσωπλήσσω (cf. πληγή (πέλαγος), Latinplango, plaga; Curtius, § 367): 2 aorist passive ἐπλήγην; from Homer down; the Sept. for הִכָּה (see πατάσσω, at the beginning); to strike, to smite: passive (of the heavenly bodies smitten by God that they may be deprived of light and shrouded in darkness), Revelation 8:12. (Compare: ἐκπλήσσω, ἐπιπλήσσω.) |
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