Word

מַגֵּפָה

maggêphâh · H4046 · Hebrew · 26 occurrences

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Meanings

blow, plague, defeat

Literally: heavy blow; action by which humans or deites cause serious harm, injury, epidemic, or other affliction affecting an individual or group of people

Examples
Exodus 9:14 “For this time I am going to send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
1 Samuel 4:17 Then the one who brought the news replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great defeat among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas are also dead; and the ark of God has been taken.”
1 Samuel 6:4 Then they said, “What is to be the guilt offering that we shall return to Him?” And they said, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice corresponding to the number of the governors of the Philistines, since one plague was on all of you and on your governors.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

יmy 1
בְּהֵמָהanimal, livestock 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

6 occurrences in 4 groups

גָּדוֹלgreat, large 2
נָגַףto strike, to defeat 2
זֹאתthis 1
אֶחָדone 1

What it doesIt is the subject

15 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 7
עָצָרto restrain, to shut up, to stop 7
פָּרַץto burst 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

נָגַףto strike, to defeat 1
שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 2 groups

סֶרֶןlord, ruler 1
הֶםtheir 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

7 occurrences in 4 groups

בin/on/with 8
אַחַרafter, behind 2
כlike/as 2
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יוֹםday, time 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

πληγή plēgḗ · G4127 · to hit, to strike, to beat: πληγή (plēgḗ, G4127) is the standard Greek rendering of מַגֵּפָה (maggêphâh, H4046) in LXX contexts denoting divine plague or stroke, capturing both the physical blow/wound sense and the catastrophic judgment connotation inherent in the Hebrew term.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Impact002001001024: מַגֵּפָה denotes a plague, slaughter, or stroke, as reflected in its broad gloss covering deadly affliction (e.g. Numbers 16:49's plague among the people), placing it among terms for a devastating blow or impact.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

נָגַף nâgaph · H5062 · to stumble, to strike, to strike down · 49×מַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · H4046נֶגֶף negeph · H5063 · stone to stumble over, plague · 7×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4046. maggephah מַגֵּפָה noun feminine blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence; — ׳מ…

H4046. maggephah
מַגֵּפָה noun feminine blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence; — ׳מ absolute Num 14:37 Num 14:23t.; construct מַגֵּפַת Zec 14:15; plural suffix מַגֵּפֹתַי Exo 9:14; —
1 blow, = fatal stroke Eze 24:16; in divine judgment (plague) Exo 9:14 (J).
2 slaughter in battle, 1Sa 4:17; 2Sa 17:9; 2Sa 18:7.
3 plague, pestilence (divine judgment), of tumours on Philistines 1Sa 6:4; against Israel Num 14:37; Num 17:13; Numbers 17:14; Numbers 17:15; Num 25:8; Num 25:9; Num 25:18; Numbers 25:19; Num 31:16; 2Sa 24:21; 2Sa 24:25 (insert also 2Sa 24:15 ᵐ5 Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu), 1Ch 21:22; Psa 106:29; Psa 106:30; specifically disease of bowels 2Ch 21:14; ׳מ = infected people 1Ch 21:17; wasting of flesh, eyes and tongue, of hostile peoples Zec 14:12, Zec 14:18; attacking beasts Zec 14:15; Zec 14:15.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Impact26 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0