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Lexicon :: Strong's H1698 - deḇer

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דֶּבֶר
Transliteration
deḇer
Pronunciation
deh'-ber
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From דָּבַר (H1696) (in the sense of destroying)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 399b

Strong’s Definitions

דֶּבֶר deber, deh'-ber; from H1696 (in the sense of destroying); a pestilence:—murrain, pestilence, plague.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H1698 in the following manner: pestilence (47x), plagues (1x), murrain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H1698 in the following manner: pestilence (47x), plagues (1x), murrain (1x).

  1. pestilence, plague

  2. murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דֶּבֶר deber, deh'-ber; from H1696 (in the sense of destroying); a pestilence:—murrain, pestilence, plague.
STRONGS H1698: Abbreviations
דֶּ֫בֶר 49 noun masculine pestilence (compare Arabic دَبْرٌ, إِدْبَارٌ, departure, death) — Exodus 9:3 +; דָּ֑בֶר Habakkuk 3:5; suffix דְּבָרֶיךָ Hosea 13:14; —
1. plague, pestilence, in general Exodus 5:3; Exodus 9:15; Numbers 14:12 (J) Leviticus 26:25 (H) Deuteronomy 28:21; 2 Samuel 24:13, 15 (+ 2 Samuel 24:15a Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) = 1 Chronicles 21:12, 14; 1 Kings 8:37 2 Chronicles 6:28; 7:13; 20:9; Psalm 91:3; Psalm 91:6; Jeremiah 14:12 + 16 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 5:12 + 11 times Ezekiel; Hosea 13:14; Amos 4:10; Habakkuk 3:5. Read וּבַדָּ֑בֶר, or the like, 1 Samuel 4:8, for MT בַּמִּדְבָּר, We Klo Dr.
†2. cattle-plague, murrain Exodus 9:3 (J) = Psalm 78:50.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

5:3; 9:3; 9:3; 9:15

Leviticus

26:25

Numbers

14:12

Deuteronomy

28:21

1 Samuel

4:8

2 Samuel

24:13; 24:15; 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

Ezekiel

5:12

Hosea

13:14; 13:14

Amos

4:10

Habakkuk

3:5; 3:5

H1698

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew דֶּבֶר (deḇer),
which occurs 49 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - the hand of the LORD will strike all your livestock—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats—with a deadly plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad came to David and asked him, “Will you choose three[fn] years of famine throughout your land, three months of fleeing from your enemies, or three days of severe plague throughout your land? Think this over and decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days.[fn] A total of 70,000 people died throughout the nation, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns—whatever disaster or disease there is—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - You may choose three years of famine, three months of destruction by the sword of your enemies, or three days of severe plague as the angel of the LORD brings devastation throughout the land of Israel. Decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:14 - So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and 70,000 people died as a result.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns—whatever disaster or disease there is—

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - They said, ‘Whenever we are faced with any calamity such as war,[fn] plague, or famine, we can come to stand in your presence before this Temple where your name is honored. We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - He turned his anger against them;
he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives
but ravaged them with the plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:3 - For he will rescue you from every trap
and protect you from deadly disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6 - Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - When they fast, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. Instead, I will devour them with war, famine, and disease.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:6 - I will send a terrible plague upon this city, and both people and animals will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:9 - Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:10 - And I will send war, famine, and disease until they have vanished from the land of Israel, which I gave to them and their ancestors.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:8 - So you must submit to Babylon’s king and serve him; put your neck under Babylon’s yoke! I will punish any nation that refuses to be his slave, says the LORD. I will send war, famine, and disease upon that nation until Babylon has conquered it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:13 - Why do you insist on dying—you and your people? Why should you choose war, famine, and disease, which the LORD will bring against every nation that refuses to submit to Babylon’s king?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - The ancient prophets who preceded you and me spoke against many nations, always warning of war, disaster, and disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:17 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “I will send war, famine, and disease upon them and make them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - Yes, I will pursue them with war, famine, and disease, and I will scatter them around the world. In every nation where I send them, I will make them an object of damnation, horror, contempt, and mockery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - “See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:36 - “Now I want to say something more about this city. You have been saying, ‘It will fall to the king of Babylon through war, famine, and disease.’ But this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:17 - “Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, disease, and famine. You will be an object of horror to all the nations of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who surrender to the Babylonians[fn] will live. Their reward will be life. They will live!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:17 - That is the fate awaiting every one of you who insists on going to live in Egypt. Yes, you will die from war, famine, and disease. None of you will escape the disaster I will bring upon you there.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:22 - So you can be sure that you will die from war, famine, and disease in Egypt, where you insist on going.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:13 - I will punish them in Egypt just as I punished them in Jerusalem, by war, famine, and disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:12 - A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city walls. And I will scatter a third to the winds, chasing them with my sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and war will stalk your land, and I will bring the sword of the enemy against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:11 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands in horror, and stamp your feet. Cry out because of all the detestable sins the people of Israel have committed. Now they are going to die from war and famine and disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:12 - Disease will strike down those who are far away in exile. War will destroy those who are nearby. And anyone who survives will be killed by famine. So at last I will spend my fury on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:15 - There is war outside the city
and disease and famine within.
Those outside the city walls
will be killed by enemy swords.
Those inside the city
will die of famine and disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:16 - But I will spare a few of them from death by war, famine, or disease, so they can confess all their detestable sins to their captors. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:19 - “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:23 - I will send a plague against you,
and blood will be spilled in your streets.
The attack will come from every direction,
and your people will lie slaughtered within your walls.
Then everyone will know
that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of disease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:22 - I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14 - “Should I ransom them from the grave[fn]?
Should I redeem them from death?
O death, bring on your terrors!
O grave, bring on your plagues![fn]
For I will not take pity on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:10 - “I sent plagues on you
like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
and led all your horses away.[fn]
The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:5 - Pestilence marches before him;
plague follows close behind.
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