Emerod
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛməɹəd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Emerod is a noun meaning A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
Meaning
A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
Example Sentences
But the hand of the Lord was heauy upon them of Aſhdod, and he deſtroyed them, and ſmote them with *Emerods, even Aſhdod, and the coaſtes thereof.
1967, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Moses Hadas (translator), Fables of a Jewish Aesop, [1557, Mishle Shualim, (known as Fox Fables)], 2001, page 83, They hated him sore and banished him from their world, saying: "Without the camp shall be thy resting place, and thou shalt turn and cover thine excrements. The plague of emerods is in thee, and it seals thy passages; our doom for thee is death."
Word Forms
- emerods
- emeroid
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ermit, abodement, merd, heremite, heremit, bodement.
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