πλήσσω (cf. πληγή (πέλαγος), Latinplango, plaga; Curtius, § 367): 2 aorist passive ἐπλήγην; from Homer down; the Sept. for δΔλΘΜδ (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), Rev_8:12. (Compare: ἐκπλήσσω, ἐπιπλήσσω.)

πλήσσω plēssō 1x also spelled πλήττω , to strike, smite; from the Hebrew, to smite, to plague, blast, Rev_8:12

πλήσσω , [in LXX chiefly for H5221 hi ., ho .;] to strike, smite: pass ., Rev_8:12 ( cf. ἐπι , πλήσσω ).†

πλήσσω [page 520] strike, smite ( Rev_8:12 ) : ct. P Ryl II. 68 .10 (B.C. 89) ε̣͗ [πληξέν ] με ταῖς αὐτῆς χερσίν , BGU I. 163 .7 (A.D. 108) ἄλλοι ὡς πληγέντες ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ ἀναφόριον δεδώκασι , others have given information (from time to time) as having been assaulted by him, P Flor I. 59 .4 (A.D. 225 or 241) ὥστ̣ε πληγ [ῆ ]ν̣αι μέν με ἐσέσθ̣[αι ( l . αἰσθέσθαι ), P Lips I. 40 iii. 3 (iv/v A.D.) ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ πεπληγμένον ἐστιν , and Kaibel 280 .3 ( tit. valde recens ) πλη [γ ]εὶς ἐνκεφάλοιο κακὸν μόρον ἐ [ξ ]ετέ [λ ]ε (σ )σα [ς . For πλῆ a cf. P Lips I. 40 i. 7 (iv/v A.D.) and ib. 37 .23 (A.D. 389).

πλήσσω [Etym: πέπηγα is used as pass. in late writers] [Etym: the Root is ΠΛΑΓ, or ΠΛΗΓ] "to strike, smite", Hom. ; of a direct blow, as opp. to βάλλω, Hom. , etc.:—c. acc. dupl. pers. et partis, τὸν πλῆξε αὐχένα "struck" him "on" the neck, Il. ; πὺξ πεπληγέμεν, of boxers, id=Il. :—c. acc. cogn., πλῆξ᾽ αὐτοσχεδίην (sc. πληγήν) id=Il. ; πεπληγὼς πληγῆισιν "having driven" him with blows, id=Il. ; πέπληγον χορὸν ποσίν, like Lat. terram pede pulsare, Od. ; ἵππους ἐς πόλεμον πεπληγέμεν "to whip" on the horses to the fray, Il. ; of Zeus, "to strike" with lightning, Hes. :—Mid., μηρὼ πληξάμενος "having smitten his" thighs, Il. ; πλήξασθαι τὴν κεφαλήν, in sign of grief, Hdt. :—Pass. "to be struck, stricken, smitten", Hom. , Trag. with acc. of the thing set in motion, κονίσαλον ἐς οὐρανὸν ἐπέπληγον πόδες ἵππων "struck" the dust up to heaven, Il. Pass. "to receive a heavy blow, to be beaten", Hdt. , Thuc. :— "to be stricken" by misfortune, Hdt. ; στρατὸν τοσοῦτον πέπληγμαι, i. e. "I have lost" it "by this blow", Aesch. metaph. of violent emotions, "to strike" one "from" one's senses, "amaze, confound", Hom. :—Pass., συμφορῆι πέπληγμαι Hdt. , etc.; δώροισι πληγείς "moved" by bribes, id=Hdt.

πλήσσω [in LXX chiefly for נָכָה hi., ho. ;] to strike, smite: pass., Rev.8:12 (cf. ἐπι, πλήσσω).† (AS)