emerod
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of hemorrhoid; see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]emerod (plural emerods)
- A haemorrhoid; an affliction mentioned in the Bible usually interpreted as a haemorrhoid.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 5:6:
- But the hand of the Lord was heauy upon them of Aſhdod, and he deſtroyed them, and ſmote them with *Emerods, even Aſhdod, and the coaſtes thereof.
- 1967, Berechiah ben Natronai ha-Nakdan, Moses Hadas (translator), Fables of a Jewish Aesop, [1557, Mishle Shualim, (known as Fox Fables)], 2001, page 83,
- They hated him sore and banished him from their world, saying: "Without the camp shall be thy resting place, and thou shalt turn and cover thine excrements. The plague of emerods is in thee, and it seals thy passages; our doom for thee is death."
Usage notes
[edit]Maintained in occasional referential usage due to its use in the 1611 King James Bible (in Deuteronomy and 1 Samuel).