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Ague

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1285

בְּרִית

be.rit — covenant

1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

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GREEK · G4862

σύν

sun — with

σύν (old Att. ξύν), prep. with dative, expressing association, fellowship and inclusion. It gradually gave way to μετά, with genitive (cf. LS, see word; Bl., §41, 3), and is therefore comparatively infrequent in NT, being rare in Mat.4, Mrk.6, Jhn.3, and elsewhere (exx. Jas.1:11, 2Pe.1:18) only in Lk (Gosp. and Ac) and Paul. With, together with: of companionship and association, Luk.2:13, Jhn.21:3, Act.10:23, al.; εἶναι σύν τινι, Luk.7:12, Act.4:13, Php.1:23, al.; of partisanship, Act.4:13; οἱ σύν τινι, of attendants, companions or colleagues, Mrk.2:26, Luk.5:9, Act.5:17, al.; of assistance, ἡ χάρις τ. θεοῦ σὺν ἐμοί, 1Co.15:10; of two or more things together, almost = καί, Luk.23:11, Act.3:4 10:2 14:5 23:25, Eph.3:18; σὺν Χριστῷ ζῆν, 2Co.13:4; besides (FlJ, LXX), σὺν πᾶσι τούτοις, Luk.24:21. In composition: with (συνχαίρω), together (συνωδίνω), altogether (συντελέω) (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5061

נֶ֫גַע

ne.ga — plague

1) stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot 1a) stroke, wound 1b) stroke (metaphorical of disease) 1c) mark (of leprosy)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4347

מַכָּה

mak.kah — wound

1) blow, wound, slaughter 1a) blow, stripe 1b) beating, scourging 1c) wound 1d) slaughter 1e) defeat, conquest 1f) plague

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7194

קָשַׁר

qa.shar — to conspire

1) to bind, tie, bind together, league together, conspire 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind, confine 1a2) to league together, conspire 1b) (Niphal) to be bound, be bound up 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to bind on 1c2) to bind fast 1c3) to bind, tie 1c4) to bind to oneself 1d) (Pual) robust, vigorous (participle) 1e) (Hithpael) to conspire

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4046

מַגֵּפָה

mag.ge.phah — plague

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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6372

פִּינְחָס

pin.chas — Phinehas

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.25; son of: Eleazar (H0499) and the daughter_of_Putiel (H6317H); father of: Abishua (H0050) § Phinehas = "mouth of brass" 1) son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron; his zealousness for the Lord averted a plague on Israel and gained him the promise of the Lord of an everlasting priesthood in his family 2) a priest and the son of the priest Eli 3) the father of a helper of Ezra

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2266

חָבַר

cha.var — to unite

1) to unite, join, bind together, be joined, be coupled, be in league, heap up, have fellowship with, be compact, be a charmer 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to unite, be joined 1a2) to tie magic charms, charm 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to unite with, make an ally of 1b2) to unite, join, ally 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be allied with, be united 1c2) to be joined together 1d) (Hiphil) to join together, pile up (words) 1e) (Hithpael) to join oneself to, make an alliance, league together

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GREEK · G4127

πληγή

plēgē — plague/blow/wound

πληγή, ῆς, ἡ (πλήσσω), [in LXX chiefly for מַכָּה, also for מַגֵּפָה etc. ;] 1. a blow, stripe, wound: pl., Luk.10:30 12:48, Act.16:23, 33, 2Co.6:5 11:23; ἡ π. τ. θανάτου (RV, death-stroke), Rev.13:3, 12; τ. μαχαίρας, Rev.13:14. 2. Metaphorical, a calamity, plague: Rev.9:18, 20 11:6 15:1, 6 15:8 16:9, 21 18:4, 8 21:9 22:18.† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7467

רְעוּאֵל

re.u.el — Reuel

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4; son of: Esau (H6215) and Mahalath (H4258); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); father of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226), Shammah (H8048) and Mizzah (H4199) § Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God" 1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael 2) the father-in-law of Moses 2a) also 'Jethro' 3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai 4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3503

יִתְרוֹ

yit.ro — Jethro

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.18; father of: Zipporah (H6855) and Hobab (H2246); also called Reuel (KJV: Raguel) at Num.10.29; § Jethro = "his abundance" father-in-law of Moses; also 'Jether'

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5988

עַמִּיאֵל

am.mi.el — Ammiel

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.12; son of: Gemalli (H1582) § Ammiel = "my kinsman is God" 1) the spy from the tribe of Dan who perished in the plague for his evil report 2) father of Machir of Lo-debar 3) father of Bathsheba; also 'Eliam' 4) the 6th son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper of the temple

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3674

כְּנָת

ke.nat — associate

associate, colleague, companion Aramaic equivalent: ke.nat (כְּנָת "associate" H3675)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7407

רֹכֶס

ro.khes — conspiracy

1) snares, plots, band, league, conspiracy 1a) meaning uncertain

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GREEK · G6101

ἄβατος

abatos — impassable

1. untrodden, impassable, inaccessible , of mountains, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; of a river, not fordable , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. of holy places, not to be trodden , like ἄθικτος, (Sophocles Tragicus): metaphorically pure, chaste , ψυχή (Plato Philosophus) 3. of horses, not ridden , (Lucian) 4. active, ἄβ. πόνος a plague that hinders walking , i.e. gout, (Lucian) (ML)

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GREEK · G8730

περικάθημαι

perikathēmai — to besiege

to be seated or to sit all round , (Herdotus Historicus): of an army, to beleaguer, invest a town, (Herdotus Historicus); of ships, to blockade , (Herdotus Historicus): with accusative pers. to sit down by one, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8766

περιτειχίζω

periteichizō — to wall around

1. to wall all round , πλίνθοις Βαβυλῶνα (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. to surround with a wall , so as to beleaguer, (Thucydides) 3. to build round , ὁ περιτετειχισμένος κύκλος (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8843

πολιορκέω

poliorkeō — to assault

1. to hem in a city, blockade, beleaguer, besiege , (Herdotus Historicus), attic:—;Pass. to be besieged, in a state of siege , (Herdotus Historicus); of Scamander, to be dammed back , (Plato Philosophus) 2. metaphorically to be besieged, pestered , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G9000

πυρφόρος

purphoros — a fire-bearer

1. fire-bearing , (Aeschulus Tragicus); of lightning, (Pindar):—; πυρφόροι ὀϊστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them , (Thucydides) 2. in special senses, 3. epithet of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, (Sophocles Tragicus); of Demeter, in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, (Euripides); of Artemis, (Sophocles Tragicus); but θεὸς πυρφόρος the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever , (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. ὁ πυρφόρος, in the Lacedaemonian army, was the priest who kept the sacrificial fire , which was never allowed to go out, (Xenophon Historicus); hence proverbial of a total defeat, ἔδεε δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

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

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

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