שְׁחִין
she.chin
“boil”
Definition
inflammation, i.e. an ulcer
from an unused root probably meaning to burn;
- boil, inflamed spot, inflammation, eruption 1a) of man, leprosy, of man and beast
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שְׁחִין appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
When a boil appears on someone’s skin and it heals,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.