pestilence 1698 ## deber {deh'-ber}; from 1696 (in the sense of destroying); a pestilence: -- murrain, {pestilence}, plague. [ql pestilence 3061 # loimos {loy'-mos}; of uncertain affinity; a plague (literally, the disease, or figuratively, a pest): -- {pestilence}(-t).[ql