Words the Bible translates as pestilence
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- thanatosθάνατοςa deadly plague or pestilence: death dealt out as a sweeping disaster
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- death: the end of life, and the power that holds the living under its sway
- deverדֶּבֶרpestilence: a deadly epidemic disease, almost always pictured as a judgment God sends on a people
- loimosλοιμόςpestilencenot studied yet
- maggephahמַגֵּפָהa deadly blow: a striking that brings sudden mass death, whether by disease or by the sword
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
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- burning plague: a lethal, fever-like scourge that consumes a person, sent as God's judgment
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