blains Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
blains in Easton's Bible Dictionary
occurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Ex. 9:9, 10). In Deut. 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.
blains in Smith's Bible Dictionary
violent ulcerous inflammations, the sixth plague of Egypt, #Ex 9:9,10| and hence called in #De 28:27,35| "the botch of Egypt." It seems to have been the black leprosy, a fearful kind of elephantiasis.
blains in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
BLAINS . Ex 9:9. Burning pustules or ulcers, which broke out upon the Egyptians and all their beasts, and constituted the sixth plague. "It seems to have been the black leprosy, a fearful kind of elephantiasis." -- Smith. Perhaps reference is made to this plague in Deut 28:27.
blains in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
aba' buoth. The sixth Egyptian plague, which followed after Moses' sprinkling of the furnace ashes toward heaven; "the botch of Egypt" (Deuteronomy 28:27; Deuteronomy 28:35), black leprosy, a kind of elephantiasis, producing burning ulcerous pustules on the skin. The magicians, whose scrupulous cleanliness is noticed by Herodotus, could not stand before Moses because of the boils (Exodus 9:9-11).