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pestilence(-t)

Concise Bible Dictionary:

This is often mentioned along with the sword and the famine as punishment from God upon His rebellious people. It is represented as being sent directly by God Himself. When David had numbered the people, the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, and there died 70,000 men (2 Sam. 24:15-16¹⁵So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. ¹⁶And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. (2 Samuel 24:15‑16)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

3061 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

λοιμός

Transliteration:

loimos

Phonic:

loy’-mos

Meaning:

of uncertain affinity; a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest)

KJV Usage:

pestilence(-t)