Blains

BLAINS blanz (abha`bu`ah:

only in Exodus 9:9,10): Pustules containing fluid around a boil or inflamed sore. It is an Old English word "bleyen," used sometimes as a synonym for boil. Wyclif (1382) uses the expression "stinkende bleyne" for Job's sores. The Hebrew word is from a root which means that which bubbles up.

See BOIL.

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BLAINS'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.