דֶּבֶר dever

Hebrew word for “pestilence” · Strong’s H1698 · used 49 times in 48 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for dever in context, with how often each is used:

• pestilence 46
• plague 2
• thorns 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 21 (3), Exodus 9 (2), 2 Samuel 24 (2), 1 Chronicles 21 (2), Psalms 91 (2), Jeremiah 27 (2), Jeremiah 29 (2), Jeremiah 32 (2), Jeremiah 42 (2), Ezekiel 5 (2)

Forms

• דבר 12
• ובדבר 11
• בדבר 8
• הדבר 5
• ודבר 5
• מדבר 2
• והדבר 2
• לדבר 1
• ולדבר 1
• ומדבר 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dever more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָעָב raav “famine” 27
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 29
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 12
• מוּת mut “to die” 11
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 7
• כֹּה koh “thus” 7
• עִיר ir “city” 8
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 5
• רַע ra “bad” 6
• מִן־ min “from” 7
• מַמְלָכָה mamlakhah “kingdom” 4
• עַתָּה attah “now” 5

Key verses

The verses using dever that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 26:25 — And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the…
• 1 Chronicles 21:12 — Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the…
• Jeremiah 14:12 — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword,…
• Jeremiah 21:7 — And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence,…
• Jeremiah 29:18 — And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be…
• Jeremiah 32:24 — Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword,…
• Jeremiah 34:17 — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I…
• Ezekiel 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round…
• Ezekiel 14:19 — Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:
• Ezekiel 14:21 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the…
• Hosea 13:14 — I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance…
• Amos 4:10 — I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.