Strong’s H5218 · Hebrew
נָכֵא
nâkêʼ · naw-kay'
Origin or נָכָא; from נָכָא (H5217);
Meaning smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted
In the King James Version broken, stricken, wounded.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Proverbs 15:13A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
- Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Isaiah 16:7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.