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Strong's H4046 מַגֵּפָה (maggephah)

Maggephah means “slaughter” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4046 — peripoieomai (“purchase”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4046
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 9

Strong's H4046 Quick Answer

Strong's H4046 מַגֵּפָה (maggephah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. maggephah (mag-gay-faw') n-f. 1. a pestilence 2. by analogy, defeat It has 24 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include plague, slaughter, and stroke. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
maggephah (mag-gay-faw') n-f. 1. a pestilence 2. by analogy, defeat
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
plague, slaughter, and stroke

Meaning and Definition

maggephah (mag-gay-faw') n-f. 1. a pestilence 2. by analogy, defeat [from H5062] KJV: (X be) plague(-d), slaughter, stroke. Root(s): H5062

Original Word
מַגֵּפָה
Transliteration
maggephah
Derivation
Root: נגף First root strongs: 5062
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4046. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

plague

Usage: 1) blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence, strike, smite 1a) blow (fatal stroke) 1b) slaughter (of battle) 1c) plague, pestilence (divine judgment)

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How Strong's H4046 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render maggephah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

plague Numbers 14:37 18× slaughter 1 Samuel 4:17 stroke Ezekiel 24:16

How Strong's H4046 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4046 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4046 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 9:14 KJV

For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

Numbers 14:37 KJV

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

Numbers 16:48 KJV

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4046.

Exodus 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
Numbers 14:37 Old Testament, KJV
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
Numbers 16:48 Old Testament, KJV
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Numbers 16:49 Old Testament, KJV
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Numbers 16:50 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Numbers 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
Numbers 25:9 Old Testament, KJV
And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
Numbers 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
Numbers 31:16 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
1 Samuel 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
2 Samuel 17:9 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
2 Samuel 18:7 Old Testament, KJV
Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel 24:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2 Samuel 24:25 Old Testament, KJV
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:17 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
1 Chronicles 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2 Chronicles 21:14 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
Psalms 106:29 Old Testament, KJV
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Psalms 106:30 Old Testament, KJV
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
Ezekiel 24:16 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Zechariah 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Zechariah 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
Zechariah 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4046, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 8 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4046 FAQ

What does maggephah (מַגֵּפָה) mean?

Maggephah (Strong's H4046) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "slaughter". maggephah (mag-gay-faw') n-f. 1. a pestilence 2. by analogy, defeat

How many times is maggephah (מַגֵּפָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H4046 across 9 books.

Where can I study maggephah (מַגֵּפָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4046 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate maggephah (מַגֵּפָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as plague, slaughter, and stroke. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.