גָּרָבgârâb

itch, scab (Leviticus 21:20; Leviticus 22:22; Deuteronomy 28:27)

Pronunciation: gaw-rawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1618

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 21:20 or is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or has a defective eye, or skin sores or scabs, or damaged testicles.
  • Leviticus 22:22 You must not offer an animal that is blind, crippled, or injured, or that has a wart, a skin sore, or scabs. Such animals must never be offered on the altar as special gifts to the Lord.
  • Deuteronomy 28:27 “The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).