Bible Encyclopedias
Plaster (2)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
plas´tẽr ( מרח , māraḥ ): Only used in Isaiah 38:21 of the application of the cake of figs to the boil from which Hezekiah suffered. In Papyrus Ebers, figs are used as the ingredient in a plaster (xxxv, lxxix, lxxxiii). Dioscorides also recommends figs with other substances as a poultice in some skin diseases.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Plaster (2)'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/p/plaster-2.html. 1915.