Ṭᵉchôr — H2914

Definition

masculine plural noun

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

1. tumours, haemorrhoids, piles

Usually translated as

emerod

Origin

from an unused root meaning to burn

Greek equivalents

• naûs (G3491)

Occurrences

Ṭᵉchôr occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (2)

• Deuteronomy 28:27 — The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods (וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔ים), and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
• 1 Samuel 6:11 — And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods (טְחֹרֵיהֶֽם).
• 1 Samuel 6:17 — And these are the golden emerods (טְחֹרֵ֣י) which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;