Lexical Definition

‎דֶּבֶר‎ deber (deh'-ber) pestilence ^H:N-M
from ‎דָבַר‎ (in the sense of destroying)

murrain, pestilence, plague.

• a pestilence

1) pestilence, plague
2) murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague

See Greek: θάνατος · θανατόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דֶּ֫בֶר‎₄₉ noun masculine pestilence (compare Arabic , , departure, death) — Exod 9:3 +; ‎דָּ֑בֶר‎ Hab 3:5 suffix ‎דְּבָרֶיךָ‎ Hos 13:14 —

1. plague, pestilence, in general Exod 5:3; Exod 9:15; Num 14:12 (J) Lev 26:25 (H) Deut 28:21; 2Sam 24:13; 2Sam 24:15 (+ v2Sam 24:15 a ᵐ5 We Dr) = 1Chr 21:12; 1Chr 21:14; 1Kgs 8:37 = 2Chr 6:28; 2Chr 7:13; 2Chr 20:9; Ps 91:3; Ps 91:6; Jer 14:12 + 16 t. Jeremiah; Ezek 5:12 + 11 t. Ezekiel; Hos 13:14; Amos 4:10; Hab 3:5. Read ‎וּבַדָּ֑בֶר‎, or the like, 1Sam 4:8, for ᵑ0 ‎בַּמִּדְבָּר‎, We Klo Dr.

2. cattle-plague, murrain Exod 9:3 (J) = Ps 78:50.

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