דֶּבֶרdeber
pestilence
Pronunciation: deh'-ber · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1698
Meanings
1. plague, pestilence, in general (Exodus 5:3; Exodus 9:15; Numbers 14:12)
2. cattle-plague, murrain (Exodus 9:3; Psalms 78:50)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 49 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 5:3 But Aaron and Moses persisted. “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared. “So let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don’t, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.”
- Exodus 9:3 the hand of the Lord will strike all your livestock—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats—with a deadly plague.
- Exodus 9:15 By now I could have lifted my hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the face of the earth.
- Leviticus 26:25 I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies.
- Numbers 14:12 I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”
- Deuteronomy 28:21 The Lord will afflict you with diseases until none of you are left in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
See every passage
- Exodus 5:3, 9:3, 9:15
- Leviticus 26:25
- Numbers 14:12
- Deuteronomy 28:21
- 2 Samuel 24:13, 24:15
- 1 Kings 8:37
- 1 Chronicles 21:12, 21:14
- 2 Chronicles 6:28, 7:13, 20:9
- Psalms 78:50, 91:3, 91:6
- Jeremiah 14:12, 21:6, 21:7, 21:9, 24:10, 27:8, 27:13, 28:8, 29:17, 29:18, 32:24, 32:36, 34:17, 38:2, 42:17, 42:22, 44:13
- Ezekiel 5:12, 5:17, 6:11, 6:12, 7:15, 12:16, 14:19, 14:21, 28:23, 33:27, 38:22
- Hosea 13:14
- Amos 4:10
- Habakkuk 3:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).