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Plague

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: μάστιξ

(Strong's #3148 — Noun Feminine — mastix — mas'-tix )

"a whip, scourge," Acts 22:24 , "by scourging;" Hebrews 11:36 , "scourgings," is used metaphorically of "disease" or "suffering," Mark 3:10; 5:29,34; Luke 7:21 . See SCOURGING.

2: πληγή

(Strong's #4127 — Noun Feminine — plege — play-gay' )

"a stripe, wound" (akin to plesso, "to smite"), is used metaphorically of a calamity, "a plague," Revelation 9:20; 11:6; 15:1,6,8; 16:9,21 (twice); 18:4,8; 21:9; 22:18. See STRIPE , WOUND.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Plague'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/plague.html. 1940.
 
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