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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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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1698, G3061, H4046
Hebrew
דֶּ֫בֶר · deber
Greek
λοιμός · loimos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λοιμός

G3061
Transliteration
loimos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

pestilence, pestilence(-t)

Lexicon definition

λοιμός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX for לוּץ, עָרִיץ, בְּלִיַּעַל, etc. ;] pestilence: pl., Luk.21:11; metaphorically (as in cl.; LXX: Psa.1:1, Pro.21:24, 1Ma.15:21, al.), of persons, a pest: Act.24:5 (also as adj., ἄνδρες λοιμοί, 1Ma.10:61, al.).† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Λοιμός

G3061
Transliteration
loimós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

pestilence(-t)

Lexicon definition

a pestilence, plague, Mat. 24.7. Lu. 21.11; met. a pest, pestilent fellow, Ac. 24.5.

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

מַגֵּפָה

H4046
Transliteration
maggêphâh
Pronunciation
mag-gay-faw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
26

Glosses

blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence, ([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.

Lexicon definition

a pestilence

by analogy, defeat

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

לוּץ

H3887
Transliteration
lûwts
Pronunciation
loots
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
28

Glosses

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

Lexicon definition

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

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

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

עָרִיץ

H6184
Transliteration
ʻârîyts
Pronunciation
aw-reets'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
20

Glosses

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

Lexicon definition

fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

בְּלִיַּעַל

H1100
Transliteration
bᵉlîyaʻal
Pronunciation
bel-e-yah'-al
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
27

Glosses

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

Lexicon definition

without profit, worthlessness

by extension, destruction, wickedness

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.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Pestilence

Indexed occurrences: 3

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Strong's Concordance

Pestilences

Indexed occurrences: 1

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All Scripture references77 references

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

PESTILENCE

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for PESTILENCE.

Indexed references: 1

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