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Lexicon :: Strong's H4046 - magēp̄â

Aa
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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; 25:18; 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 BoxExo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - “For this time I will send all My plagues [fn]on you [in full force,] and on your servants and on your people, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:37 - even those [ten] men who brought back the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 - He stood between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:49

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), for the plague had been brought to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and pierced both of them through the body, the man of Israel and the woman. Then the plague on the Israelites stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:9 - Nevertheless, those [Israelites] who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:18 - for they harass you with their tricks, the tricks with which they have deceived you in the matter [of the Baal] of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague because [of the Baal] of Peor.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:1 -

[fn]Then it happened after the plague that the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “Look, these [are the women who] caused the Israelites, by the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so a plague came among the congregation of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - The messenger replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:4 - Then they said, “What shall the guilt offering be which we shall return to Him?” They answered, “[fn]Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords (governors) of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of you and on your lords.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold, he has hidden himself [even] now in one of the ravines or in another place; and when some of [fn]your troops fall at the first attack, whoever hears about it will say, ‘There has been a defeat among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:7 - The men of Israel [who supported Absalom] were defeated there by the [fn]men of David, and a great slaughter took place there that day, 20,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was moved [to compassion] by [David’s] prayer for the land, and the plague was held back from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - David said to God, “Is it not I who commanded the people to be counted? I am the one who has sinned and done evil; but as for these sheep [the people of Israel], what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people that they should be plagued.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - Then David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of this threshing floor, so that I may build an altar on it to the LORD. You shall charge me the full price for it, so that the plague may be averted from the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:14 - behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a great disaster;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 -

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their practices,

And a plague broke out among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:30 -

Then Phinehas [the priest] stood up and [fn]interceded,

And so the plague was halted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - “Son of man, listen carefully, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes [your wife] with a single stroke. Yet you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not flow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:12 -

Now this will be the plague with which the LORD shall strike all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:15 - So like this plague [on men] there will be the plague on the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the livestock in those camps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - If the family of Egypt does not go up [to Jerusalem] and present themselves, then no rain will fall on them. It will be the plague with which the LORD will strike the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles).
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