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pestilence

Meaning of “pestilence”

A deadly or destructive plague or disease.

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47 occurrences46 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 5:3

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2 Chronicles 6:28
¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, 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:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:28 · retained source text

¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mil-dew, locusts or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land: whatsoeuer sore, or whatsoeuer sicknesse there be:

1611 marginal noteHebr. in the land of their gates.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.9.

2 Chronicles 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 among my people;
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 7:13 · retained source text

If I shut vp heauen that there bee no raine, or if I command the locusts to deuoure the land, or if I send pestilence among my people:

2 Chronicles 20:9
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, 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.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 20:9 · retained source text

If, when euill commeth vpon vs, as the sword, iudgement, or pestilence, or famine, wee stand before this house, and in thy presence (for thy Name is in this house) and cry vnto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt heare & helpe.

1611 marginal noteChap. 6.28. 1.king. 8.37.

Psalms 78:50
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:50 · retained source text

He made a way to his anger, hee spared not their soule from death: but gaue their life ouer to the pestilence.

1611 marginal noteHeb. he waighed a path.

1611 marginal noteOr, their beasts, to the murreine, Exod.9.3.

Psalms 91:3
Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
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1611 witness · Psalms 91:3 · retained source text

Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence.

Psalms 91:6
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
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1611 witness · Psalms 91:6 · retained source text

Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darknes: nor for the destruction, that wasteth at noone-day.

Jeremiah 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.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:12 · retained source text

When they fast I will not heare their crie, and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation I wil not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

1611 marginal noteProu.1.28 isa.1.15. cha.11.11. ezek. 8.18. mic. 3.4.

Jeremiah 21:6
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
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And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

Jeremiah 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, 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.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 21:7 · retained source text

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliuer Zedekiah king of Iudah, and his seruants, and the people, and such as are left in this citie from the pestilence, 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 seeke their life, and and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: hee shall not spare them, neither haue pitie, nor haue mercy.

Jeremiah 21:9
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 21:9 · retained source text

He that abideth in this citie, shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Caldeans, that besiege you, he shall liue, and his life shall be vnto him, for a pray.

1611 marginal noteChap. 38.2.

1611 marginal noteChap. 39.18. and 45.5.

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