The meaning of “דֶּבֶר”
Understanding deber reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
murrain, pestilence, plague. - a pestilence 1) pestilence, plague 2) murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague
דֶּבֶר
murrain, pestilence, plague. - a pestilence 1) pestilence, plague 2) murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 9:3 | “Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.” Word: דֶּבֶר (deber) | |
| Numbers 14:12 | “I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.” Word: דֶּבֶר (deber) | |
| 2 Samuel 24:15 | “So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.” Word: דֶּבֶר (deber) | |
| 1 Chronicles 21:14 | “So the Lord sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.” Word: דֶּבֶר (deber) | |
| Psalms 91:3 | “Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.” Word: דֶּבֶר (deber) |