Bible Dictionary: Itch

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

2. (v. i.) To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears.

3. (n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is transmissible by contact.

4. (n.) Any itching eruption.

5. (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc.

6. (n.) A constant irritating desire.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ITCH

(charec; psora): Only in Deuteronomy 28:27, where it probably refers to the parasitic skin disease of that name which is very common in Palestine. It is due to a small mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, which makes burrows in the skin and sometimes causes extensive crusts or scabs, attended with a severe itching. It is very easily communicated from person to person by contact, and can be cured only by destruction of the parasite. This disease disqualified its victims for the priesthood (Leviticus 21:20).

Greek

2833. knetho -- to scratch, itch
... to scratch, itch. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: knetho Phonetic Spelling:
(knay'-tho) Short Definition: I rub, tickle Definition: I rub, tickle, scratch ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2775b. cheres -- (an eruptive disease) itch
... 2775a, 2775b. cheres. 2776 . (an eruptive disease) itch. Transliteration:
cheres Short Definition: itch. Word Origin from the same ...
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1618. garab -- an itch, a scab
... 1617, 1618. garab. 1619 . an itch, a scab. Transliteration: garab Phonetic
Spelling: (gaw-rawb') Short Definition: eczema. Word ...
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2775. cherec -- the sun
... 2774, 2775. cherec. 2775a . the sun. Transliteration: cherec Phonetic
Spelling: (kheh'-res) Short Definition: itch. itch, sun Or ...
/hebrew/2775.htm - 5k

Library

Labors in a New Field
... vengeance. Soon after we began our labors, I became afflicted with the
itch, which was then epidemic in that part of the country. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xi labors in a.htm

Book Nine the End of the Autobiography. ...
... eyes. Now was my soul free from the gnawing cares of seeking and getting,
of wallowing in the mire and scratching the itch of lust. ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book nine the end of.htm

The Eighth Commandment
... of theft. A man covets more than his own, and this itch of covetousness makes
him scratch what he can from another. Achan's covetous ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 8 the eighth commandment.htm

It is Admitted, one May Hope, that Common Things are Never ...
... No man could say exactly how much his sexuality was colored by a clean love of beauty,
or by the mere boyish itch for irrevocable adventures, like running away ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 13 it is admitted.htm

Victory.
... When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation or to record your own good
works, or to itch after commendation, when you can truly love to be unknown ...
/.../orr/food for the lambs or helps for young christians/victory.htm

"We have no Might. " 2 Chron. xx. 12
... gather the spoil. When shall we spoil our foes? When shall we loot the devil?
How one's fingers itch to take his goods! The time is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xv we have no might.htm

Elucidations.
... I suspect the itch of our times, on this and like subjects, to be presumption (2
Corinthians 10:5) "against the obedience of Christ." As if our own concern for ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the stromata or miscellanies/elucidations 4.htm

And Yet, I Sinned Herein, O Lord God, the Creator and Disposer of ...
... a better choice, but from love of play, loving the pride of victory in my contests,
and to have my ears tickled with lying fables, that they might itch the more ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter x and yet i.htm

O Lord, I am Thy Servant; I am Thy Servant...
... Now was my soul free from the biting cares of canvassing and getting, and
weltering in filth, and scratching off the itch of lust. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter i o lord i.htm

Wesley and the Character of a Methodist
... has attacked me without fear or wit; and hereby he has convinced his impartial readers
of one thing at least"that (as the vulgar say) his fingers itch to be ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley and the character of.htm

Thesaurus

Itch (11 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that occasioned) by
the itch eruption; -- called also scabies, psora, etc. ...ITCH. ...
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Deeper (18 Occurrences)
... and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow
and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is ...
/d/deeper.htm - 12k

Examine (48 Occurrences)
... and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow
and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is ...
/e/examine.htm - 23k

Yellow (6 Occurrences)
... and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow
and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is ...
/y/yellow.htm - 9k

Pronounce (47 Occurrences)
... and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow
and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is ...
/p/pronounce.htm - 22k

Grown (77 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold,
if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the ...
/g/grown.htm - 30k

Itching (4 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Itch. ... Leviticus 13:33 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave
the itch; and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days. ...
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Scab (7 Occurrences)
... from the diseased part. 2. (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy. 3. (n.)
The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. 4. (n.) A disease ...
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Infection (24 Occurrences)
... and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow
and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is ...
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Seventh (123 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold,
if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the ...
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Bible Concordance

Itch (11 Occurrences)

Leviticus 13:30 then the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if its appearance is deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is an itch, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:32 On the seventh day the priest shall examine the plague; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread, and there is no yellow hair in it, and the appearance of the itch isn't deeper than the skin,
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:33 then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch; and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.
(WEB RSV)

Leviticus 13:34 On the seventh day, the priest shall examine the itch; and behold, if the itch hasn't spread in the skin, and its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean. He shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:35 But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:36 then the priest shall examine him; and behold, if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest shall not look for the yellow hair; he is unclean.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 13:37 But if in his eyes the itch is arrested, and black hair has grown in it; the itch is healed, he is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:54 This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 21:20 or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;
(Root in WEB DBY RSV)

Leviticus 22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or ulcerous, or with itch, or scabbed ye shall not present these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah.
(DBY RSV)

Deuteronomy 28:27 Yahweh will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Itch

Itch: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Deeper (18 Occurrences)

Examine (48 Occurrences)

Yellow (6 Occurrences)

Pronounce (47 Occurrences)

Grown (77 Occurrences)

Itching (4 Occurrences)

Scab (7 Occurrences)

Infection (24 Occurrences)