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Lexicon :: Strong's H4046 - magēp̄â

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מַגֵּפָה
Transliteration
magēp̄â
Pronunciation
mag-gay-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1294b

Strong’s Definitions

מַגֵּפָה maggêphâh, mag-gay-faw'; from H5062; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat:—(× be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H4046 in the following manner: plague (21x), slaughter (3x), plagued (1x), stroke (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H4046 in the following manner: plague (21x), slaughter (3x), plagued (1x), stroke (1x).

  1. blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence, strike, smite

    1. blow (fatal stroke)

    2. slaughter (of battle)

    3. plague, pestilence (divine judgment)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַגֵּפָה maggêphâh, mag-gay-faw'; from H5062; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat:—(× be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.
STRONGS H4046: Abbreviations
† מַגֵּפָה noun feminine blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence; — מ׳ absolute Numbers 14:37 23 times; construct מַגֵּפַת Zechariah 14:15; plural suffix מַגֵּפֹתַי Exodus 9:14; —
1. blow, = fatal stroke Ezekiel 24:16; in divine judgment (plague) Exodus 9:14 (J).
2. slaughter in battle, 1 Samuel 4:17; 2 Samuel 17:9; 2 Samuel 18:7.
3. plague, pestilence (divine judgment), of tumours on Philistines 1 Samuel 6:4; against Israel Numbers 14:37; Numbers 17:13; Numbers 17:14; Numbers 17:15; Numbers 25:8; Numbers 25:9; Numbers 25:18; Numbers 25:19; Numbers 31:16; 2 Samuel 24:21; 2 Samuel 24:25 (insert also 2 Samuel 24:15 Greek Version of the LXX Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu), 1 Chronicles 21:22; Psalm 106:29; Psalm 106:30; specifically disease of bowels 2 Chronicles 21:14; מ׳ = infected people 1 Chronicles 21:17; wasting of flesh, eyes and tongue, of hostile peoples Zechariah 14:12,18; attacking beasts Zechariah 14:15; Zechariah 14:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

9:14; 9:14

Numbers

14:37; 14:37; 17:13; 25:8; 25:9; 25:18; 25:19; 31:16

1 Samuel

4:17; 6:4

2 Samuel

17:9; 18:7; 24:15; 24:21; 24:25

1 Chronicles

21:17; 21:22

2 Chronicles

21:14

Psalms

106:29; 106:30

Ezekiel

24:16

Zechariah

14:12; 14:15; 14:15; 14:15; 14:18

H4046

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4046 matches the Hebrew מַגֵּפָה (magēp̄â),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself,[fn] and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:37 - the men who brought up a bad report of the land—died by plague before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 - And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49 - Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the affair of Korah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - Nevertheless, those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they have harassed you with their wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:1 - After the plague, the LORD said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - He who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:4 - And they said, “What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?” They answered, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - Behold, even now he has hidden himself in one of the pits or in some other place. And as soon as some of the people fall[fn] at the first attack, whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:7 - And the men of Israel were defeated there by the servants of David, and the loss there was great on that day, twenty thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - And Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be averted from the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - And David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done great evil. But these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father’s house. But do not let the plague be on your people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - And David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to the LORD—give it to me at its full price—that the plague may be averted from the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:14 - behold, the LORD will bring a great plague on your people, your children, your wives, and all your possessions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 - they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds,
and a plague broke out among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30 - Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
and the plague was stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - “Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 - And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:15 - And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;[fn] there shall be the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Booths.
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