Dysentery
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Dysentery (1 Occurrence)

Acts 28:8 It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him. (WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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Dysentery (1 Occurrence)
...DYSENTERY. ... The acute form of this disease is often attended with high temperature,
hence, Luke speaks of it as "fever and dysentery" (puretois kai dusenteria). ...
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Flux (26 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive
and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. ...
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Bloody (19 Occurrences)
... fluks (puretos kai dusenteria, literally "fever and dysentery"): The disease by
which the father of Publius was afflicted in Malta (Acts 28:8). the Revised ...
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Publius (2 Occurrences)
... On this occasion Paul miraculously healed the father of Publius, who "lay sick of
fever and dysentery" (Acts 28:8). The exactitude of the medical terms here ...
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Sick (117 Occurrences)
... in both cases there is reference to the presence of worms (compare Acts 12:23 and
2 Maccabees 9:9). The disease of Publius' father was also dysentery (Acts 28:8 ...
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Visited (40 Occurrences)
... them, and departed. (See RSV). Acts 28:8 It happened that the father of
Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in ...
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Feverish (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:8 and it came to pass, the father of Publius with feverish heats and dysentery
pressed, was laid, unto whom Paul having entered, and having prayed ...
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Recurrent (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Recurrent (1 Occurrence). Acts 28:8 It happened
that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. ...
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Each (2772 Occurrences)

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Disease (213 Occurrences)
... Fevers of several kinds, dysentery, leprosy, intestinal worms, plague, nervous diseases
such as paralysis and epilepsy, insanity, ophthalmia and skin diseases ...
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Greek
1420. dusenterion -- dysentery
... dysentery. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dusenterion Phonetic
Spelling: (doos-en-ter-ee'-ah) Short Definition: dysentery Definition: dysentery ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DYSENTERY

dis'-en-ter-i (dusenteria):

In Acts 28:8 the Revised Version (British and American) uses this word in place of the phrase "bloody flux" of the King James Version to describe the disease by which the father of Publius was affected in Malta at the time of Paul's shipwreck. The acute form of this disease is often attended with high temperature, hence, Luke speaks of it as "fever and dysentery" (puretois kai dusenteria).

The disease is still occasionally epidemic in Malta where there have been several bad outbreaks among the garrison in the last century, and it has proved to be an intractable and fatal disease there. It is due to parasitic microbe, the Bacillus dysenteriae. In 2 Chronicles 21:19 there is reference to an epidemic of a similar nature in the days of Jehoram. The malady, as predicted by Elisha, attacked the king and assumed a chronic form in the course of which portions of the intestine sloughed. This condition sometimes occurs in the amoebic form of dysentery, cases of which sometimes last over two years.

Alexander Macalister

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
Strong's Hebrew
2914. techor -- tumors (a result of dysentery)
... << 2913, 2914. techor. 2915 >>. tumors (a result of dysentery). Transliteration:
techor Phonetic Spelling: (tekh-ore') Short Definition: tumors. ...
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