Scurvy
Scurvy
(, garab, from , to scratch), scurf on the akin (Lev 21:20; Lev 22:22), perhaps of a malignant kind (“Scab,” Deu 28:27). So also the word , yallepheth, rendered “scabbed” (Lev 21:20; Lev 22:22), signifies a sort of itching scab, scurf, tetter, so called as sticking fast. SEE LEPROSY. The disease known by the name of scurvy in modern times is usually caused by long confinement in cold and damp climates, without fresh provisions, and a due quantity of acescent food. In the progress of the disease the skin becomes dry and scaly, livid spots appear, and the sufferer experiences great debility.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Scurvy
SCURVY.See Medicine, p. 599b.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Scurvy
skurvi (, garabh; , psora agra (Lev 21:20; Lev 22:22)): This word is used to denote an itchy, scaly disease of the scalp, probably any of the parasitic diseases which are known as tinea, porrigo or impetigo. These cases have no relation whatever to the disease now known as scorbutus or scurvy. The name was probably derived from its scaliness, and the old Greek physicians believed these diseases to be peculiarly intractable.
The name Gareb is used in Jer 31:39 as the placename of a hill at or near the southeastern corner of Jerusalem, probably from the bare roughness of the surface of its slope at the southern end of the Wady er-Rababi. Another hill of this name is mentioned near Shiloh in the Talmud, and the name is given to one of David’s warriors (2Sa 23:38).
Scurvy etymologically means any condition of scaliness of skin which can be scraped off, such as dandruff.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Scurvy
General references
Lev 22:22 Scab; Sanitation; Disease