Strong's Lexicon

H2914

H2914 — טְּחוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtchornoun mascOccurrences: 8TWOT: 803a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2914
Word:טְּחוֹר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root meaning to burn
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:8
Transliteration:tchor
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tekh-ore'
Meaning:1. a boil or ulcer (from the inflammation), especially a tumor in the anus or pudenda (the piles)
KJV Renderings:emerod.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3332

[טְחוֺר] noun masculine 1Sam 6:4 only plural tumours, result of dysentery (see Aramaic √) (so Aramaic טְחוֺרַיָּא , [untranscribed source text 2097]) — chiefly Qr for Kt עפלים, עפלֵי hemorrhoids: namely טְחֹרִים Deut 28:27; 1Sam 5:6; 1Sam 5:9; 1Sam 5:12 טְחֹרֵי זֶהָב 1Sam 6:4 צַלְמֵי טְחֹרֵיכֶם 1Sam 6:5 twice it has found its way into the Kt טְחֹרֵי הַזָּהָב 1Sam 6:17, צַלְמֵי טְחֹרֵיהֶם 1Sam 6:11 WeSam. 27n., compare GeiUrschrift 408 f.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טחורים (ezhoh-reem’)

Deuteronomy 28:27

KJV: The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
EHCC: and with the emerods,

1 Samuel 5:6

KJV: But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
EHCC: smote them with emerods,

1 Samuel 6:4

KJV: Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.you: Heb. them
EHCC: Five golden emerods,
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