Topic
Plaster (2)
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- Isaiah 38:21ISBE
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
plas'-ter (marach): Only used in Isa 38:21 of the application of the cake of figs to the boil from which Hezekiah suffered. In Papyrus Ebers, figs are used as the ingredient in a plaster (xxxv, lxxix, lxxxiii). Dioscorides also recommends figs with other substances as a poultice in some skin diseases.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.