Easton's Bible Dictionary The translation in Leviticus 26:16 (R.V., "fever") of the Hebrew word kaddah'ath, meaning "kindling", i.e., an inflammatory or burning fever. In Deuteronomy 28:22 the word is rendered "fever." Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An acute fever. 2. (n.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. 3. (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague. 4. (n.) A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. 5. (v. t.) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AGUE a'-gu (qaddachath): In Leviticus 26:16 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 FEVER.

Multi-Version Concordance Ague (1 Occurrence) Deuteronomy 28:22 Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with burning ague, and with drought, and with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. (DBY NIV)