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# smite

«smite» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **strike** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

strike

### part of speech

verb, base form

### meaning for a pupil

To hit hard, or to strike down and destroy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Old word; today we say hit or strike. The sentences use the old sense of hitting or striking down, sometimes killing.

### examples

- 'Harass the Midianites, and smite them; (Torah NUM.25.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#x1)
- Then the King’s daughter said: ‘Shame on you thus to smite the beloved of my heart. (The Red Fairy Book) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#x2)
- Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. (Torah DEU.27.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/#x3)

### primary record

smite

### tests

manual 10.4; corpora 41 (Torah 33, tales 8, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 4.6 (Torah alone 77.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [And I will put forth My hand, and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in the midst thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.74/)
- [And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.202/)
- [(7-27) And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.204/)
- [And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.266/)
- [But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.267/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/smite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.