Pestilence in the Old Testament

Strong's H1698 - deber

Transliteration
deber
Pronunciation
deh'·ver (Key)
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From  ‫ּדָ בַר‬ (H1696) (in the sense of destroying)
KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H1698 in the following manner: pestilence (47x), plagues (1x), murrain (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. pestilence, plague
2. murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague

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Exo (3) Lev (1) Num (1) Deu (1) 2Sa (2) 1Ki (1) 1Ch (2)

2Ch (3) Psa (3) Jer (17) Eze (11) Hos (1) Amo (1)

Hab (1)

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in 'Exo' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

Exo 5:3

And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey
into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, H1698 or with
the sword.

 Exo 9:3

Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses,
upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. H1698

Exo 9:15

For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; H1698 and thou
shalt be cut off from the earth.
Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in 'Lev' in the
Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 Lev 26:25

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are
gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence H1698 among you; and ye shall be delivered
into the hand of the enemy.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in 'Num' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 Num 14:12

I will smite them with the pestilence, H1698 and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation
and mightier than they.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in 'Deu' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 Deu 28:21

The LORD shall make the pestilence H1698 cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the
land, whither thou goest to possess it.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in '2Sa' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 2Sa 24:13

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in
thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be
three days' pestilence H1698 in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent
me.

 2Sa 24:15

So the LORD sent a pestilence H1698 upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there
died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in '1Ki' in the
Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 1Ki 8:37
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, H1698 blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be
caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever
sickness there be;

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in '1Ch' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 1Ch 21:12

Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of
thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, H1698 in
the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise
thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

1Ch 21:14

So the LORD sent pestilence H1698 upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber),

2Ch 6:28

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, H1698 if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or
caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever
sickness there be:

2Ch 7:13

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send
pestilence H1698 among my people;

2Ch 20:9

If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, H1698 or famine, we stand before this
house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou
wilt hear and help.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in 'Psa' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 Psa 78:50

He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the
pestilence; H1698

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Psa 91:3

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. H1698

Psa 91:6

Nor for the pestilence H1698 that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in 'Jer' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

Jer 14:12

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not
accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. H1698

Jer 21:6

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. H1698

Jer 21:7

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people,
and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, H1698 from the sword, and from the famine, into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those
that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither
have pity, nor have mercy.

Jer 21:9

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: H1698 but he
that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him
for a prey.

Jer 24:10

And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, H1698 among them, till they be consumed from
off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

Jer 27:8

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation
will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, H1698 until I
have consumed them by his hand.

Jer 27:13
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, H1698 as the
LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Jer 28:8

The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries,
and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. H1698

Jer 29:17

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the
pestilence, H1698 and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jer 29:18

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, H1698 and will deliver
them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an
hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

Jer 32:24

Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the
Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: H1698 and
what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

Jer 32:36

And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall
be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence; H1698

Jer 34:17

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his
brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the
sword, to the pestilence, H1698 and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the
kingdoms of the earth.

Jer 38:2

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence: H1698 but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey,
and shall live.

Jer 42:17
So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the
sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: H1698 and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil
that I will bring upon them.

Jer 42:22

Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence, H1698 in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.

Jer 44:13

For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the
famine, and by the pestilence: H1698

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in 'Eze' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 Eze 5:12

A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, H1698 and with famine shall they be consumed in the
midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into
all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Eze 5:17

So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence H1698 and
blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

Eze 6:11

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil
abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence. H1698

Eze 6:12

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; H1698 and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that
remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

Eze 7:15

The sword is without, and the pestilence H1698 and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with
the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence H1698 shall devour him.

Eze 12:16
But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; H1698 that
they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know
that I am the LORD.

Eze 14:19

Or if I send a pestilence H1698 into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man
and beast:

Eze 14:21

For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the
sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, H1698 to cut off from it man and beast?

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 Eze 28:23

For I will send into her pestilence, H1698 and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in
the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Eze 33:27

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall
by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they
that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. H1698

Eze 38:22

And I will plead against him with pestilence H1698 and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his
bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and
brimstone.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in 'Hos' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 Hos 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy
plagues; H1698 O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in 'Amo' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

 Amo 4:10
I have sent among you the pestilence H1698 after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with
the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto
your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

Strong's Number H1698 matches the Hebrew ‫ּדֶ בֶר‬ (deber), which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in 'Hab' in
the Hebrew concordance of the KJV

Hab 3:5

Before him went the pestilence, H1698 and burning coals went forth at his feet.