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 New International Dictionary of the English Language

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.