◄ 4046. maggephah ►
Strong's Lexicon maggephah: Plague, pestilence, slaughter Original Word: מַגֵּפָה Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: maggephah Pronunciation: mag-gay-FAH Phonetic Spelling: (mag-gay-faw') Definition: Plague, pestilence, slaughter Meaning: a pestilence, defeat Word Origin: Derived from the root נָגַף (nagaph), meaning "to strike" or "to smite." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3061 (loimos): Often translated as "pestilence" or "plague" in the New Testament. - G4127 (plēgē): Meaning "blow" or "plague," used in contexts of divine judgment. Usage: The term "maggephah" is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a sudden and severe calamity, often in the form of a plague or pestilence, that results in widespread death or destruction. It is frequently associated with divine judgment or punishment, where God uses a plague to discipline or correct His people or their enemies. Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Near East, plagues were often seen as manifestations of divine displeasure or judgment. The Israelites, like their neighbors, understood such events as direct interventions by God in human affairs. Plagues could serve as a means of purification, a call to repentance, or a demonstration of God's power and sovereignty. In the context of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, plagues were sometimes used to bring the people back to faithfulness. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from nagaph Definition a blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence NASB Translation blow (1), calamity (1), plague (19), plagued (1), plagues (1), slaughter (3). Brown-Driver-Briggs מַגֵּפָה noun feminine blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence; — ׳מ absolute Numbers 14:37 23t.; 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 ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu), 1 Chronicles 21:22; Psalm 106:29; Psalm 106:30; specifically disease of bowels 2Chronicles 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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be plagued, slaughter, stroke From nagaph; a pestilence; by analogy, defeat -- (X be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke. see HEBREW nagaph Forms and Transliterations בְּמַגֵּפָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה במגפה הַמַּגֵּפָ֑ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֔ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֗ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֧ה הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃ המגפה המגפה׃ וְהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה והמגפה כַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה כמגפה לְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ למגפה׃ מַגֵּפַ֣ת מַגֵּפָ֔ה מַגֵּפָ֥ה מַגֵּפָֽה׃ מַגֵּפֹתַי֙ מגפה מגפה׃ מגפת מגפתי bam·mag·gê·p̄āh bammaggeFah bammaggêp̄āh bə·mag·gê·p̄āh bemaggeFah bəmaggêp̄āh ham·mag·gê·p̄āh hammaggeFah hammaggêp̄āh kam·mag·gê·p̄āh kammaggeFah kammaggêp̄āh lə·mag·gê·p̄āh lemaggeFah ləmaggêp̄āh mag·gê·p̄āh mag·gê·p̄aṯ mag·gê·p̄ō·ṯay maggeFah maggeFat maggefoTai maggêp̄āh maggêp̄aṯ maggêp̄ōṯay vehammaggeFah wə·ham·mag·gê·p̄āh wəhammaggêp̄āh Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Exodus 9:14 HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ מַגֵּפֹתַי֙ אֶֽל־ לִבְּךָ֔ NAS: all My plagues on you and your servants KJV: send all my plagues upon thine heart, INT: will send all my plagues upon heart Numbers 14:37 HEB: הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָ֑ה בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ NAS: died by a plague before KJV: died by the plague before INT: of the land the evil A plague before God Numbers 16:48 HEB: הַֽחַיִּ֑ים וַתֵּעָצַ֖ר הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃ NAS: and the living, so that the plague was checked. KJV: and the living; and the plague was stayed. INT: and the living was checked the plague Numbers 16:49 HEB: וַיִּהְי֗וּ הַמֵּתִים֙ בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר NAS: But those who died by the plague were 14,700, KJV: Now they that died in the plague were fourteen INT: become died the plague four teen Numbers 16:50 HEB: אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה נֶעֱצָֽרָה׃ פ NAS: of meeting, for the plague had been checked. KJV: of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. INT: of the tent of meeting the plague had been checked Numbers 25:8 HEB: קֳבָתָ֑הּ וַתֵּֽעָצַר֙ הַמַּגֵּפָ֔ה מֵעַ֖ל בְּנֵ֥י NAS: the body. So the plague on the sons KJV: her belly. So the plague was stayed INT: her belly was checked the plague on the sons Numbers 25:9 HEB: וַיִּהְי֕וּ הַמֵּתִ֖ים בַּמַּגֵּפָ֑ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים NAS: Those who died by the plague were 24,000. KJV: And those that died in the plague were twenty INT: become died the plague and four were twenty Numbers 25:18 HEB: הַמֻּכָּ֥ה בְיוֹם־ הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה עַל־ דְּבַר־ NAS: on the day of the plague because KJV: in the day of the plague for Peor's INT: was slain the day of the plague in the affair Numbers 25:18 HEB: וַיְהִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י הַמַּגֵּפָ֑ה פ INT: become after that of the plague Numbers 31:16 HEB: פְּע֑וֹר וַתְּהִ֥י הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה בַּעֲדַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃ NAS: of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation KJV: of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation INT: of Peor caused the plague the congregation of the LORD 1 Samuel 4:17 HEB: פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְגַ֛ם מַגֵּפָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה הָיְתָ֣ה NAS: a great slaughter among the people, KJV: and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, INT: the Philistines has also slaughter A great been 1 Samuel 6:4 HEB: זָהָ֑ב כִּֽי־ מַגֵּפָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת לְכֻלָּ֖ם NAS: for one plague was on all KJV: for one plague [was] on you all, and on your lords. INT: golden for plague one all 2 Samuel 17:9 HEB: וְאָמַ֔ר הָֽיְתָה֙ מַגֵּפָ֔ה בָּעָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר NAS: There has been a slaughter among the people KJV: it will say, There is a slaughter among the people INT: will say has been A slaughter the people who 2 Samuel 18:7 HEB: וַתְּהִי־ שָׁ֞ם הַמַּגֵּפָ֧ה גְדוֹלָ֛ה בַּיּ֥וֹם NAS: of David, and the slaughter there KJV: and there was there a great slaughter that day INT: become in it slaughter A great day 2 Samuel 24:21 HEB: לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְתֵעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם׃ NAS: to the LORD, that the plague may be held back KJV: unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed INT: to the LORD may be held the plague from the people 2 Samuel 24:25 HEB: לָאָ֔רֶץ וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ NAS: for the land, and the plague was held back KJV: for the land, and the plague was stayed INT: the land was held and the plague from Israel 1 Chronicles 21:17 HEB: וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֖ לֹ֥א לְמַגֵּפָֽה׃ ס NAS: but not against Your people that they should be plagued. KJV: but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. INT: your people not should be plagued 1 Chronicles 21:22 HEB: לִ֔י וְתֵעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם׃ NAS: you shall give it to me, that the plague may be restrained KJV: price: that the plague may be stayed INT: shall give may be restrained the plague from the people 2 Chronicles 21:14 HEB: יְהוָ֗ה נֹגֵ֛ף מַגֵּפָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ NAS: with a great calamity; KJV: Behold, with a great plague will the LORD INT: the LORD to strike calamity A great your people Psalm 106:29 HEB: וַתִּפְרָץ־ בָּ֝֗ם מַגֵּפָֽה׃ NAS: with their deeds, And the plague broke KJV: with their inventions: and the plague brake in INT: their deeds broke and the plague Psalm 106:30 HEB: וַיְפַלֵּ֑ל וַ֝תֵּעָצַ֗ר הַמַּגֵּפָֽה׃ NAS: up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed. KJV: and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed. INT: and interposed was stayed the plague Ezekiel 24:16 HEB: מַחְמַ֥ד עֵינֶ֖יךָ בְּמַגֵּפָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א תִסְפֹּד֙ NAS: of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn KJV: of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn INT: the desire of your eyes A blow shall not mourn Zechariah 14:12 HEB: וְזֹ֣את ׀ תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה הַמַּגֵּפָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִגֹּ֤ף NAS: Now this will be the plague with which KJV: And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD INT: likewise become will be the plague which will strike Zechariah 14:15 HEB: וְכֵ֨ן תִּֽהְיֶ֜ה מַגֵּפַ֣ת הַסּ֗וּס הַפֶּ֙רֶד֙ NAS: also like this plague will be the plague KJV: And so shall be the plague of the horse, INT: So become plague the horse the mule Zechariah 14:15 HEB: בַּמַּחֲנ֣וֹת הָהֵ֑מָּה כַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃ NAS: plague will be the plague on the horse, KJV: tents, as this plague. INT: camps those will be the plague it 26 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 4046 26 Occurrences bam·mag·gê·p̄āh — 3 Occ. bə·mag·gê·p̄āh — 1 Occ. ham·mag·gê·p̄āh — 12 Occ. kam·mag·gê·p̄āh — 1 Occ. lə·mag·gê·p̄āh — 1 Occ. mag·gê·p̄āh — 5 Occ. mag·gê·p̄aṯ — 1 Occ. mag·gê·p̄ō·ṯay — 1 Occ. wə·ham·mag·gê·p̄āh — 1 Occ.