Lexical Definition

‎מַגֵּפָה‎ maggêphâh (mag-gay-faw') plague ^H:N-F
from ‎נָגַף‎

([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.

• a pestilence
• by analogy, defeat

1) blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence, strike, smite
1a) blow (fatal stroke)
1b) slaughter (of battle)
1c) plague, pestilence (divine judgment)

See Greek: ἀπώλεια · πληγή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַגֵּפָה‎ noun feminine blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Num 14:37 + 23 t.; construct ‎מַגֵּפַת‎ Zech 14:15 plural suffix ‎מַגֵּפֹתַי‎ Exod 9:14 —

1. blow, = fatal stroke Ezek 24:16 in divine judgment (plague) Exod 9:14 (J).

2. slaughter in battle, 1Sam 4:17; 2Sam 17:9; 2Sam 18:7.

3. plague, pestilence (divine judgment), of tumours on Philistines 1Sam 6:4 against Israel Num 14:37; Num 17:13*; Num 17:14*; Num 17:15*; Num 25:8; Num 25:9; Num 25:18; Num 25:19; Num 31:16; Num 2:21; Num 24:25 (insert also v2Sam 24:15 ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu), 1Chr 21:22; Ps 106:29; Ps 106:30 specifically disease of bowels 2Chr 21:14 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ = infected people 1Chr 21:17 wasting of flesh, eyes and tongue, of hostile peoples Zech 14:12; Zech 14:18 attacking beasts vZech 14:15 vZech 14:15.

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