Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
the Sixth Week after Epiphany
There are 57 days til Easter!
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Bible Dictionaries
Blains

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Blade
Next Entry
Blasphemy
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
Occurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Exodus 9:9,10 ). In Deuteronomy 28:27,35 , it is called "the botch of Egypt." It seems to have been the fearful disease of black leprosy, a kind of elephantiasis, producing burning ulcers.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Blains'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​b/blains.html. 1897.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile