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BlainsEASTON'S

Occurs only in connection with the sixth plague of Egypt (Ex. 9:9, 10). In Deut. 28:27, 35, it is called “the botch of Egypt.” It seems to have been the fearful disease of black leprosy, a kind of elephantiasis, producing burning ulcers.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1897), public domain.

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