H1618 - גָּרָב (gârâb)

H1618 גָּרָב (gârâb) gaw-rawb'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning to scratch; scurf (from itching)

KJV Usage: scab, scurvy

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

גָּרָב (ga.rav) — scab. itch, scab

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

גָּרָב (H1618)

noun m

Weak | ≈ חֶרֶס · טְחֹרִים · שְׁחִין

skin infection exact meaning uncertain; possibly: = a type of skin infection that disqualifies humans from functioning as priests, and animals from being acceptable sacrifices

LEV 21:20 · LEV 22:22 · DEU 28:27

¹ LEV 21:20 · LEV 22:22 · DEU 28:27 RSV NRSV ESV "itch(ing disease)" | NIV "festering sores" | NJPS "boil-scar" | NJB "scab", "scabby", "scurvy" | REB "scab", "scabs"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּרָב n.[m.] itch, scab base