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Pestilence

Or plague, generally is used by the Hebrews for all epidemic or contagious diseases. The prophets usually connect together sword, pestilence, and famine, being three of the most grievous inflictions of the Almighty upon a guilty people. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1698, G3061
Hebrew
דֶּ֫בֶר
Greek
λοιμός · loimos

Strong’s and original-language information

H1698

דֶּ֫בֶר

Glosses: pestilence

Indexed occurrences: 48

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

G3061

λοιμός · loimos

Glosses: pestilence

λοιμός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc. ; ] pestilence: pl.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

H3887

לוּץ · lûwts

Glosses: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff

hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H6184

עָרִיץ · ʻârîyts

Glosses: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.

fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

H1100

בְּלִיַּעַל · bᵉlîyaʻal

Glosses: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.

without profit, worthlessness

by extension, destruction, wickedness

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

Complete dictionary entries

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

PESTILENCE

or plague, generally is used by the Hebrews for all epidemic or contagious diseases. The prophets usually connect together sword, pestilence, and famine, being three of the most grievous inflictions of the Almighty upon a guilty people. See DISEASES.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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