ʼăbaʻbuʻâh — H76

Definition

feminine noun

an inflammatory pustule (as eruption)

1. blisters, boils (from root, to swell up)

Usually translated as

blains

Origin

(by reduplication) from an unused root (meaning to belch forth)

Occurrences

ʼăbaʻbuʻâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2)

• Exodus 9:9 — And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains (אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֖ת) upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
• Exodus 9:10 — And 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 (אֲבַעְבֻּעֹ֔ת) upon man, and upon beast.