Ague
King James Dictionary [1]
A'GUE, n. a'gu,
1. The cold fit which precedes a fever, or a paroxysm of fever in intermittents. It is accompanied with shivering. 2. Chilliness a chill, or state of shaking with cold, though in health. 3. It is used for a periodical fever, an intermittent, whether quotidian, tertian, or quartan. In this case, the word, which signifies the preceding cold fit, is used for the disease.
A'GUE, To cause a shivering in to strike with a cold fit.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague.
(2): (n.) An acute fever.
(3): (n.) A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
(4): (v. t.) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.
(5): (n.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Leviticus 26:16 Deuteronomy 28:22
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
Leviticus 26:16 Deuteronomy 28:22
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
AGUE . See Medicine.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
a disease of the fever kind, in which a cold shivering fit is succeeded by a hot one; in the Hebrew קִדִּחִת , Kaddach'Ath, a Kindling, a burning or inflammatory fever ( Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:22). (See Disease).
