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BIBLE DICTIONARY

Ague

The translation in Lev. 26:16 (R.V., “fever”) of the Hebrew word kaddah’ath, meaning “kindling”, i.e., an inflammatory or burning fever. In Deut. 28:22 the word is rendered “fever.”

Scripture references

Leviticus 26:16Deuteronomy 28:22

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording may reflect the scholarship and language of its era.