shechin · boil

What it means

shechin (שְׁחִין) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “boil”.

A painful inflammation of the skin (Exodus 9:9; Job 2:7).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A painful sore on the skin.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• boils ×7
• ulcer ×4
• boil ×2

Where it appears

• Exodus×4
• Leviticus×4
• Deuteronomy×2
• 2 Kings×1
• Job×1
• Isaiah×1

• Exodus 9:9

  It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and it will become on people and on animals boils breaking out in blisters throughout all the land of Egypt.”

• Exodus 9:10

  So they took the soot of the kiln and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils with blisters breaking out on people and on animals.

• Exodus 9:11

  The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.

• Leviticus 13:18

  When the body has an ulcer in its skin and it has healed,

• Leviticus 13:19

  and there is in the place of the ulcer a white swelling or a reddish white bright spot, it shall be shown to the priest.

• Leviticus 13:20

  The priest shall examine it, and if its appearance is lower than the skin and its hair has turned white, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is a leprous sore; it has broken out in the ulcer.

• Leviticus 13:23

  But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer, and the priest shall declare him clean.

• Deuteronomy 28:27

  YHWH will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with scabs and with itch, from which you will not be able to be healed.

• Deuteronomy 28:35

  YHWH will strike you with severe boils on the knees and on the legs, from which you will not be able to be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.

• 2 Kings 20:7

  Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took it and put it on the boil, and he lived.

• Job 2:7

  And the Satan went out from the presence of YHWH, and he struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

• Isaiah 38:21

  Isaiah said, “Let them take a cake of figs and rub it on the boil, and he will live.”

And 1 more times.