Editing Murrain (section)

==Biblical references==
The term ''murrain'' is also used in some [[Bible]] translations relating to the [[Plagues of Egypt|fifth plague]] brought upon Egypt.
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[[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] 9:3: "Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain."

[[File:033.The Fifth Plague. Livestock Disease.jpg|thumb|290px|right|[[Gustave Doré]]'s "The Murrain of Beasts" (or "The Fifth Plague: Livestock Disease"), one of his many [[Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours|illustrations for  ''La Grande Bible de Tours'']] (1866).]]

"Pestilence", which is mentioned 47 times in 46 verses of the Bible, can be translated "murrain" by [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]].
[Enhanced Strong's Lexicon].
see [[Psalms]] 91:3 KJV

The word in Hebrew is דֶּבֶר "dever" (Strong's #01698), derived from the primitive root "dabar" in the sense of "to destroy."