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(זוב, zoÌ„bh, זוּב, zuÌ„bh; Ï̔υÌσις, rhusis, αἱμοÌÏÏ̔οος, haimoÌrrhoos): When used as a description of a bodily affection the word signifies: (1) A discharge, the consequence of uncleanness and sin (; ). As such it was one of the judgments which were to afflict the family of Joab (); (2) a hemorrhage, either natural (, where the word used is maÌ„kÌ£oÌ„r, literally, a “fountainâ€), or the consequence of disease (; ; ).