Bible Encyclopedias
Blains
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
blānz ( אבעבּעה , 'ăbha‛bu‛āh ̌ : only in Exodus 9:9 , Exodus 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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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Blains'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/b/blains.html. 1915.