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blains

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(boils). The ulcerous inflammations which constituted the sixth Egyptian plague (Ex. 9:9-11⁹And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. ¹¹And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. (Exodus 9:9‑11); Deut. 28:27,35²⁷The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. (Deuteronomy 28:27)
³⁵The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. (Deuteronomy 28:35)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Inflamed ulcers on the body, as from boils, on the Egyptians and the magicians in the sixth plague (Ex. 9:9-10⁹And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. (Exodus 9:9‑10)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

76 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’aba`bu`ah

Phonic:

ab-ah-boo-aw’

Meaning:

(by reduplication) from an unused root (meaning to belch forth); an inflammatory pustule (as eruption)

KJV Usage:

blains