Strong's Lexicon

H1698

H1698 — דֶּבֶר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewdebernoun mascOccurrences: 49TWOT: 399b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1698
Word:דֶּבֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1696 (in the sense of destroying)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:49
Transliteration:deber
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:deh'-ber
Meaning:1. a pestilence
KJV Renderings:murrain, pestilence, plague.

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דֶּ֫בֶר49 noun masculine pestilence (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1073], [untranscribed source text 1074], departure, death) — Exod 9:3 +; דָּ֑בֶר Hab 3:5 suffix דְּבָרֶיךָ Hos 13:14 —

1. plague, pestilence, in general Exod 5:3; Exod 9:15; Num 14:12 ( J ) Lev 26:25 ( H ) Deut 28:21; 2Sam 24:13; 2Sam 24:15 (+ 2Sam 24:15 a ᵐ5 We Dr) = 1Chr 21:12; 1Chr 21:14; 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28; 2Chr 7:13; 2Chr 20:9; Ps 91:3; Ps 91:6; Jer 14:12 + 16 t. Jeremiah; Ezek 5:12 + 11 t. Ezekiel; Hos 13:14; Amos 4:10; Hab 3:5. Read וּבַדָּ֑בֶר, or the like, 1Sam 4:8, for ᵑ0 בַּמִּדְבָּר, We Klo Dr.
2. cattle-plague, murrain Exod 9:3 ( J ) = Ps 78:50.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דבר (deh’-ver)

Leviticus 26:25

KJV: And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
EHCC: 1 will send the pestilence

Numbers 14:12

KJV: I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
EHCC: smite them with the pestilence,

Deuteronomy 28:21

KJV: The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
EHCC: The Lord shall make the pestilence

2 Samuel 24:18

KJV: And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.Araunah: Heb. Araniah
EHCC: three days’ pestilence in thy land?

1 Kings 8:37

KJV: If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;cities: or, jurisdiction
EHCC: if there be pestilence,

1 Chronicles 21:12

KJV: Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
EHCC: even the pestilence, in the land,

2 Chronicles 6:28

KJV: If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:in the cities…: Heb. in the land of their gates
EHCC: if there be pestilence,

Psalms 78:50

KJV: He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;He made…: Heb. He weighed a pathlife…: or, beasts to the murrain
EHCC: gave their life over to the pestilence ;(marg.

Jeremiah 14:12

KJV: When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
EHCC: by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Ezekiel 5:17

KJV: So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.
EHCC: and pestilence and blood

Ezekiel 7:15

KJV: The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
EHCC: and the pestilence and the famine

Ezekiel 12:16

KJV: But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.a few…: Heb. men of number
EHCC: the famine, and from the pestilence ;

Ezekiel 14:19

KJV: Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
EHCC: Or (if) 1 send a pestilence into that

Ezekiel 28:23

KJV: For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
EHCC: I will send into hex pestilence,

Ezekiel 83:27

EHCC: shall die of the pestilence.

Ezekiel 38:22

KJV: And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
EHCC: plead against him with pestilence

Hosea 18:14

EHCC: 0 death, 1 will be thy plagues;

Amos 4:10

KJV: I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.after…: or, in the wayand have…: Heb. with the captivity of your horses
EHCC: 1 have sent among you the pestilence

Habakkuk 3:5

KJV: Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.coals: or, diseases
EHCC: Before him went the pestilence,
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