International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Wen

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Wen


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Only in , “maimed” or “having a wen (margin “sores”), or scurvy,” for (יבּל, yabbāl), “running,” hence, “a suppurating sore” (compare the Revised Version margin). A “wen” is a non-inflamed indolent tumor, and so “wen” is about as far as possible from the meaning of the Hebrew.