טְחֹרṭᵉchôr

hemorrhoids, only plural tumours, result of dysentery (1 Samuel 6:4; Deuteronomy 28:27; 1 Samuel 5:6; 1 Samuel 5:9; 1 Samuel 5:12)

Pronunciation: tekh-ore' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2914

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • 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.
  • 1 Samuel 5:6 Then the Lord’s heavy hand struck the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.
  • 1 Samuel 5:9 But when the Ark arrived at Gath, the Lord’s heavy hand fell on its men, young and old; he struck them with a plague of tumors, and there was a great panic.
  • 1 Samuel 5:12 Those who didn’t die were afflicted with tumors; and the cry from the town rose to heaven.
  • 1 Samuel 6:4 “What sort of guilt offering should we send?” they asked. And they were told, “Since the plague has struck both you and your five rulers, make five gold tumors and five gold rats, just like those that have ravaged your land.
  • 1 Samuel 6:5 Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.
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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).