H6920 קַדַּחַת (qaddachath) kad-dakh'-ath

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

fever

Strong's Definition

inflammation, i.e. febrile disease

Derivation: from H6919 (קָדַח);

KJV Usage: burning ague, fever.

TWOT Reference: 1987a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fever

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4446

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קַדַּ֫חַת (qad.da.chat) — fever. fever

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קַדַּחַת (H6920)

noun f · קדח

Sick | ≈ דַּלֶּקֶת · שַׁחֶפֶת

fever = an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium; ≈ often seen as punishment from God

LEV 26:16 · DEU 28:22

Graham S. Ogden

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קַדַּ֫חַת n.f. fever;—Dt 28:22 Lv 26:16. done

Bible Occurrences (2)

26:16

28:22

Leviticus 26:16

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror -, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.