מַגֵּפָה maggephah
Hebrew word for “plague” · Strong’s H4046 · used 26 times in 25 verses
Meaning
1) blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence, strike, smite;
How it is translated
Glosses given for maggephah in context, with how often each is used:
- plague 19
- slaughter 3
- blow 2
- plagues 1
- like the plague 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 9 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Samuel | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Zechariah | 4 | 1.3 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 16 (3), Numbers 25 (3), Zechariah 14 (3), 2 Samuel 24 (2), 1 Chronicles 21 (2), Psalms 106 (2), Exodus 9 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Numbers 26 (1), Numbers 31 (1)
Forms
- המגפה 12
- מגפה 5
- במגפה 4
- מגפתי 1
- והמגפה 1
- למגפה 1
- מגפת 1
- כמגפה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maggephah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עָצַר atsar “to restrain” 7
- נָגַף nagaph “to strike” 4
- מוּת mut “to die” 5
- פְּעוֹר peor “Peor” 2
- דָּוִד david “David” 5
- פִּינְחָס pinchas “Phinehas” 2
- גֹּרֶן goren “threshing floor” 2
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 3
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 3
- אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 3
- עָמַד amad “to stand” 3
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 3
Key verses
The verses using maggephah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 9:14 — For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in…
- Numbers 14:37 — Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
- Numbers 16:48 — And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
- Numbers 25:9 — And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
- Numbers 31:16 — Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague…
- 1 Samuel 6:4 — Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the…
- 2 Samuel 24:25 — And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was…
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 — And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what…
- Psalms 106:29 — Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
- Psalms 106:30 — Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
- Ezekiel 24:16 — Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
- Zechariah 14:12 — And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand…
See all 25 verses in the Word Atlas
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.