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In biblical times, such illnesses were understood within the context of divine judgment or natural afflictions. The term "ague" itself is not directly mentioned in the Bible; however, the symptoms it describes can be found in various passages that discuss fever and illness.<br><br><b>Biblical Context</b><br><br>In the ancient Near East, diseases and fevers were often seen as manifestations of divine displeasure or as trials permitted by God. The Bible frequently associates illness with spiritual or moral lessons, emphasizing the need for repentance, faith, and reliance on God's healing power.<br><br><b>Scriptural References</b><br><br>While the specific term "ague" does not appear in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept of fever as a divine affliction is present. For example, in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a> , God warns the Israelites of the consequences of disobedience: "The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish." Here, fever is listed among the curses that would befall the people if they turned away from God's commandments.<br><br>In the New Testament, Jesus' healing ministry often involved curing those with fevers and other ailments, demonstrating His authority over sickness and His compassion for the suffering. In <a href="/matthew/8-14.htm">Matthew 8:14-15</a> , we read about Jesus healing Peter's mother-in-law: "When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve them."<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>From a theological perspective, ague and similar illnesses are reminders of the fallen state of the world and the human condition. They serve as opportunities for individuals to turn to God in faith and seek His mercy and healing. The Bible encourages believers to pray for the sick, as seen in <a href="/james/5-14.htm">James 5:14-15</a> : "Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven."<br><br><b>Historical and Cultural Understanding</b><br><br>In biblical times, medical knowledge was limited, and many illnesses were attributed to spiritual causes. The understanding of diseases like ague would have been shaped by the cultural and religious context of the time. The Bible reflects this worldview, often linking physical ailments with spiritual realities.<br><br><b>Practical Application</b><br><br>For contemporary believers, the biblical approach to illness, including conditions like ague, emphasizes the importance of prayer, faith, and community support. While modern medicine provides treatments for such conditions, the spiritual dimension of seeking God's intervention and trusting in His sovereignty remains a vital aspect of the Christian response to sickness.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>The translation in <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> (R.V., "fever") of the Hebrew word kaddah'ath, meaning "kindling", i.e., an inflammatory or burning fever. In <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a> the word is rendered "fever." <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) An acute fever.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">AGUE</span><p>a'-gu (qaddachath): In <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a> the King James Version is one of the diseases threatened as a penalty for disobedience to the law. The malady is said to "consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away." The word means burning (Vulgate "ardor") and was probably intended to denote the malarial fever so common now both in the Shephelah and in the Jordan valley. In Septuagint the word used (ikteros) means jaundice, which often accompanies this fever. the Revised Version (British and American) translates it "fever." See <a href="../f/fever.htm">FEVER</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6920.htm"><span class="l">6920. qaddachath -- fever</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from qadach Definition fever NASB Word Usage fever (2). burning <b>ague</b>,<br> fever. From qadach; inflammation, ie Febrile disease -- burning <b>ague</b>, fever. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6920.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/rhea/life_of_henry_martyn_missionary_to_india_and_persia/life_in_persia.htm"><span class="l">Life in Persia.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> September 29, left Erzroom. Was attacked with fever and <b>ague</b>. "September 30. <b>...</b> After<br> sunset the <b>ague</b> came on again, which in my wet state was very trying. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../rhea/life of henry martyn missionary to india and persia/life in persia.htm</font><p><a href="/library/smith/the_life_of_william_carey/chapter_ii_the_birth_of.htm"><span class="l">The Birth of England's Foreign Missions</span></a> <br><b>...</b> At Piddington he worked early and late at his garden, but <b>ague</b>, caused by a<br> neighbouring marsh, returned and left him so bald that he wore a wig thereafter <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter ii the birth of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/winkworth/the_history_and_life_of_the_reverend_doctor_john_tauler/xxii_sermon_for_the_twelfth.htm"><span class="l">Sermon for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If you had had a quartan <b>ague</b> one year or two, you must bear it till you<br> became well again; so you must bear the yoke of the old law. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../xxii sermon for the twelfth.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bliss/a_brief_commentary_on_the_apocalypse/elements_of_prophetic_interpretation.htm"><span class="l">Elements of Prophetic Interpretation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you, I will<br> even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning <b>ague</b>, that shall <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../a brief commentary on the apocalypse/elements of prophetic interpretation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xlviii_the_forged_sermon.htm"><span class="l">The Forged Sermon</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In their public relations nothing disturbed the quotidian <b>ague</b> and frozen routine<br> of gorgeous Byzantinism elaborated by Oriental servility. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xlviii the forged sermon.htm</font><p><a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xxi_anxieties_and_troubles.htm"><span class="l">Anxieties and Troubles, Friends and Foes</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He was impatient of the quotidian <b>ague</b> of frigid impertinences.' This was soon<br> discovered by the worldly, the dissipated, and the idle, the illustrious dandies <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxi anxieties and troubles.htm</font><p><a href="/library/calvin/the_institutes_of_the_christian_religion/epistle_to_the_reader.htm"><span class="l">Epistle to the Reader.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> laboured to perform this service to the Church of God, I may be permitted to mention,<br> that last winter, when I thought I was dying of quartan <b>ague</b>, the more <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/epistle to the reader.htm</font><p><a href="/library/severus/life_and_writings_of_sulpitius_severus_/chapter_xix_a_letter_of.htm"><span class="l">A Letter of Martin Effects a Cure, with Other Miracles.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Arborius, an ex-prefect, and a man of a very holy and faithful character, while<br> his daughter was in agony from the burning fever of a quartan <b>ague</b>, inserted in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xix a letter of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hayward/the_book_of_religions/robert_boyle.htm"><span class="l">Robert Boyle.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> During his education, and before he was ten years old, he was much afflicted with<br> an <b>ague</b>, which considerably depressed his spirits; and, to divert his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/robert boyle.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/wesleys_prescriptions.htm"><span class="l">Wesley's Prescriptions</span></a> <br><b>...</b> he had surrendered his all. But how to get on he knew not, as he had no money<br> and had caught a tertian <b>ague</b>. I hope a wise Providence <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesleys prescriptions.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/ague.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ague</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and <b>ague</b>. <b>...</b><br> 5. (vt) To strike with an <b>ague</b>, or with a cold fit. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ague.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fever.htm"><span class="l">Fever (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Of these the most prevalent is <b>ague</b> or intermittent malarial fever, which is common<br> in all parts but especially in low-lying districts or places where there <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fever.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/inflammation.htm"><span class="l">Inflammation (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> in-fla-ma'-shun (dalleqeth; rhigos): Only in Deuteronomy 28:22, was considered by<br> Jewish writers as "burning fever," by Septuagint as a form of <b>ague</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/inflammation.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/drought.htm"><span class="l">Drought (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Deuteronomy 28:22 Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and<br> with inflammation, and with burning <b>ague</b>, and with drought, and with blight <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/drought.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cake.htm"><span class="l">Cake (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an<br><b>ague</b> cake. 5. (vi) To form into a cake, or mass. 6. (vi <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cake.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/agur.htm"><span class="l">Agur (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/agur.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/aground.htm"><span class="l">Aground (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/aground.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/ague.htm">Ague: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ague (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a></span><br />Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with burning <span class="boldtext">ague</span>, and with drought, and with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.<br /><span class="source">(DBY NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/ague.htm">Ague</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/a/ague--general_scriptures_concerning.htm">Ague: General Scriptures Concerning</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fever.htm">Fever (13 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/inflammation.htm">Inflammation (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/drought.htm">Drought (20 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cake.htm">Cake (25 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/agur.htm">Agur (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/aground.htm">Aground (5 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/a/aground.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Aground"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Aground" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/naves/a/ague--general_scriptures_concerning.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ague: General Scriptures Concerning"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ague: General Scriptures Concerning" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>