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Pestilence

דֶּ֫בֶרStrong’s H1698

dever (de-ver)

Appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Dever is the Hebrew word usually translated “pestilence”. It appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament.

“And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.”
Exodus 5:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. Pestilence, plague
  2. Murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague
How it's translated
  • pestilence 11
  • and by pestilence 9
  • and pestilence 6
  • a pestilence 4
  • with pestilence 3
  • by pestilence 3
  • the pestilence 2
  • and with pestilence 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 17
  • Ezekiel 11
  • Exodus 3
  • 2 Chronicles 3
  • Psalms 3
  • 2 Samuel 2

14 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 48 verses, by book
Exodus 3
5:39:39:15
Leviticus 1
26:25
Numbers 1
14:12
Deuteronomy 1
28:21
2 Samuel 2
24:1324:15
1 Kings 1
8:37
1 Chronicles 2
21:1221:14
2 Chronicles 3
6:287:1320:9
Hosea 1
13:14
Amos 1
4:10
Habakkuk 1
3:5
Hebrew dictionary

דֶּ֫בֶר dever · pestilence

1) pestilence, plague 2) murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.