# H4046 מַגֵּפָה

מַגֵּפָה (maggêphâh), Strong’s H4046: a pestilence; by analogy, defeat KJV: ([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.. Occurs 26 times.

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*maggêphâh* — a pestilence; by analogy, defeat

KJV: ([idiom] be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke.

Derived from [נָגַף nâgaph](https://besorah.bible/word/H5062) (to push, gore, defeat, stub)

Occurs 26 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַגֵּפָה n.f. blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 9:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/9?v=14) — For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you…
- [Numbers 14:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/14?v=37) — even those men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
- [Numbers 17:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/17?v=13) — He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
- [Numbers 17:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/17?v=14) — Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter…
- [Numbers 17:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/17?v=15) — Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.
- [Numbers 25:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/25?v=8) — He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman…
- [Numbers 25:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/25?v=9) — Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
- [Numbers 25:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/25?v=18) — for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident…
- [Numbers 25:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/25?v=19) — After the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
- [Numbers 31:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/31?v=16) — Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the…