Dysentery
δυσεντερίαStrong’s G1420dusenteria
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Dusenteria is the Greek word usually translated “dysentery”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dysentery”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- with dysentery 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
δυσεντερία dusenteria · dysentery
δυσεντερία, -ας, ἡ, Rec. for δυσεντέριον (which see), Act.28:8.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dysentery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DYS'ENTERY, noun
[Latin dysenteria; Gr. bad; intestines.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.