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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Murrain

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Murrain

Heb. deber, "destruction," a "great mortality", the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Exodus 9:3). It was some distemper that resulted in the sudden and widespread death of the cattle. It was confined to the cattle of the Egyptians that were in the field (9:6).


Naves Topical Index
Murrain

A plague of Egypt.
Exodus 9:3; Exodus 9:6; Psalms 78:50


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Murrain

MURRAIN, noun mur'rin. [Latin morior, to die.]

An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. Exodus 9:3.