Murrain

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Murrain - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Heb. deber, "destruction," a "great mortality", the fifth plague that fell upon the Egyptians (Ex. 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).

Murrain - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

MURRAIN, n. mur'rin. [L. morior, to die.]

An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. Exo 9.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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