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HebrewH2914Noun (Masculine)

טְחֹר

te.chor

8Occurrences
H2914Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a boil or ulcer (from the inflammation), especially a tumorin the anus or pudenda (the piles)

from an unused root meaning to burn;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
tumours, haemorrhoids, piles

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

טְחֹר appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
7
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 5:6BSB

Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.

1 Samuel 5:9BSB

But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.

1 Samuel 5:12BSB

Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 6:4BSB

“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines.“Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.

1 Samuel 6:5BSB

Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.