the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8
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Spot
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or is the rendering in the A.V. of מוּם, mum, a blemish (as usually rendered), either physical (Leviticus 21:17 sq.; Leviticus 22:20; Leviticus 24:19-20, etc.; 2 Samuel 14:25; Song of Solomon 4:7) or moral (Deuteronomy 32:5; Job 11:15; Job 31:7; Proverbs 9:7); so σπιλάς, literally a breaker or rock in the sea (metaphor. Judges 1:12) or σπῖλος (morally Ephesians 5:27; 2 Peter 2:13); חֲב רְבֻּרָה, chabarburah, the variegated spots of the panther, or rather the stripes of the tiger (Jeremiah 13:23); בִּהֶרֶת, bahereth, brightness, the whitish "bright spot" of incipient leprosy (Leviticus 13:23; Leviticus 14:56); בֹּהִק, bohak, scurf, the scaly "freckled spot" of pronounced leprosy (Leviticus 13:39); טָלוּא, tali, patched (as "spotted" sheep or goats, Genesis 30:32 sq.; or "divers-colored" garments, Ezekiel 16:16). (See COLOR).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Spot'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/spot.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
