מַגֵּפָה
maggêphâh · mag-gay-faw'
a pestilence; by analogy, defeat
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5062 (נָגַף);
a pestilence; by analogy, defeat
- a pestilence
- by analogy, defeat
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to carry, to lift up › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to carry, to lift up that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַגֵּפָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the plague4 · 15%
- in the plague2 · 8%
- slaughter2 · 8%
- plague2 · 8%
- that the plague2 · 8%
- all my plagues1 · 4%
- by the plague1 · 4%
- so the plague1 · 4%
- of the plague1 · 4%
- the plague1 · 4%
- and there was a plague1 · 4%
- there is a slaughter1 · 4%
- that they should be plagued1 · 4%
- and so the plague1 · 4%
- with a stroke1 · 4%
- and this shall be the plague1 · 4%
- and so shall be the plague1 · 4%
- as this plague1 · 4%
- not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.