Plague
נֶ֫גַעStrong’s H5061nega (ne-ga)
Appears in 62 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nega is the Hebrew word usually translated “plague”, “plague of” and “plagued”. It appears in 62 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.”
Meaning
- Stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spotstroke, wound · stroke (metaphorical of disease) · mark (of leprosy)
How it's translated
- the plague 35
- a plague of 10
- plague of 5
- a plague 4
- the plagued 4
- wound 2
- plague 2
- a wound 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 46
- Psalms 4
- Deuteronomy 3
- 1 Kings 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Genesis 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 11:1And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
- Leviticus 13:2When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
- Leviticus 13:3And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
- Leviticus 13:4If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
- Leviticus 13:5And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more:
- Leviticus 13:6And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
All 62 verses, by book
- Genesis 1
- 12:17
- Exodus 1
- 11:1
- Leviticus 46
- 13:213:313:413:513:613:913:1213:1313:1713:2013:2213:2513:2713:2913:3013:3113:3213:4213:4313:4413:4513:4613:4713:4913:5013:5113:5213:5313:5413:5513:5613:5713:5813:5914:314:3214:3414:3514:3614:3714:3914:4014:4314:4414:4814:54
- 2 Samuel 1
- 7:14
- Proverbs 1
- 6:33
- Isaiah 1
- 53:8
Hebrew dictionary
נֶ֫גַע nega · plague
1) stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot 1a) stroke, wound 1b) stroke (metaphorical of disease) 1c) mark (of leprosy)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “plague” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLAGUE, noun
plag. [Latin plaga, a stroke; Gr. See Lick and Lay. The primary sense is a stroke or striking. So afflict is from the root of flog, and probably of the same family as plague ]
- Any thing troublesome or vexatious; but in this sense, applied to the vexations we suffer from men, and not to the unavoidable evils inflicted on us by Divine Providence.
- A pestilential disease; an acute, malignant and contagious disease that often prevails in Egypt, Syria and Turkey, and has at times infected the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality.
- A state of misery.
- Any great natural evil or calamity; as the ten plagues of Egypt.
All definitions and other forms of “plague”
PLAGUE, verb transitive
plag.
- To infest with disease, calamity or natural evil of any kind.
- To vex; to tease; to harass; to trouble; to embarrass; a very general and indefinite signification.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.