HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1698
דֶּ֫בֶר
de.ver — pestilence
1) pestilence, plague 2) murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague
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Murrain
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Heb. deber, “destruction,” a “great mortality”, the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 9:3). It was some distemper that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle. It was confined to the cattle of the Egyptians that were in the field (9:6).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.