Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague. 2. (n.) Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance.

Multi-Version Concordance Pest (1 Occurrence) Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: (Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)