King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4141
Transliteration: plēssō
Phonetic Spelling: (place'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strike
Meaning: to strike
πλήσσω (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.)
Word 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.)