Strong's Lexicon

H4046

H4046 — מַגֵּפָה

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

Hebrewmaggephahnoun femOccurrences: 26TWOT: 1294b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4046
Word:	מַגֵּפָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H5062
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	26
Transliteration:	maggephah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mag-gay-faw'
Meaning:	1. a pestilence 2. by analogy, defeat
KJV Renderings:	(X be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.

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מַגֵּפָה noun feminine blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence; — ׳ מ absolute Num 14:37 + 23 t.; construct מַגֵּפַת Zech 14:15 plural suffix מַגֵּפֹתַי Exod 9:14 —

1. blow, = fatal stroke Ezek 24:16 in divine judgment (plague) Exod 9:14 ( J ).

2. slaughter in battle, 1Sam 4:17; 2Sam 17:9; 2Sam 18:7.

3. plague, pestilence (divine judgment), of tumours on Philistines 1Sam 6:4 against Israel Num 14:37; Num 17:13; Num 17:14; Num 17:15; Num 25:8; Num 25:9; Num 25:18; Num 25:19; Num 31:16; Num 2:21; Num 24:25 (insert also 2Sam 24:15 ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu), 1Chr 21:22; Ps 106:29; Ps 106:30 specifically disease of bowels 2Chr 21:14 ׳ מ = infected people 1Chr 21:17 wasting of flesh, eyes and tongue, of hostile peoples Zech 14:12 ; Zech 14:18 attacking beasts Zech 14:15 Zech 14:15.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מגפה (mag-g)

Exodus 9:14

KJV: For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

EHCC: 1 will at this time send all א

Numbers 14:37

KJV: Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.

EHCC: died by the plague Tic 0

Numbers 16:48

KJV: And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

EHCC: (17:13). and the plague was stayed.

Numbers 95:0

EHCC: the plague was stayed

Numbers 26:1

KJV: And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

EHCC: (25:19).it came to pass after the plague,

Numbers 31:16

KJV: Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

EHCC: there was a plugxe among

Numbers 6:4

KJV: All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.separation: or, Nazariteshipvine…: Heb. vine of the wine

EHCC: one plague (yas) on you all,

Numbers 280:17

EHCC: 9. There is a slaughter among the people

Numbers 18:7

KJV: Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

EHCC: there was there a great slaughter

Numbers 4:21

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

EHCC: that the plague may be stayed

1 Chronicles 21:17

KJV: And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

EHCC: not on thy people, that they should be

2 Chronicles 21:14

KJV: Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:a great…: Heb. a great stroke

EHCC: with a great plague (marg. stroke) will the

Zechariah 14:12

KJV: And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.

EHCC: this shall be the plague