# H5218 נָכֵא

נָכֵא (nâkêʼ), Strong’s H5218: smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted KJV: broken, stricken, wounded.. Occurs 4 times.

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*nâkêʼ* — smitten, i.e. (figuratively) afflicted

KJV: broken, stricken, wounded.

Derived from [נָכָא nâkâʼ](https://besorah.bible/word/H5217) (to smite, i.e. drive away)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- נָכֵא adj. id. [n.di.ab], alw. f. a stricken spirit
- נָכָא adj
- [נָכָא] adj. stricken;—mpl. Is 16:7, of Moab prostrated by conquest.

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 16:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/16?v=7) — Therefore Moab will wail for Moab. Everyone will wail. You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth, utterly…
- [Proverbs 15:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/15?v=13) — A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
- [Proverbs 17:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/17?v=22) — A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- [Proverbs 18:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/18?v=14) — A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?