Meaning of sciniph | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of stinging or biting insect; a flea, gnat, sandfly, or the like.

archaic

Examples

“And they did ſo. And Aaron ſtreched fotth his hand, holding the rodde: and he ſtroke the duſt of the earth, and there were made ſciniphes on men and on beaſtes: al the duſt of the earth was turned into ſciniphes through the whole Land of Ægypt.”

“The sciniphs and flies are common in warm, and the sciniphs especially in marshy countries.”

“But it is worth noting that three of the plagues—blast, frost and fire—which he mentioned here do not appear at all in Exodus. […] In fact, in place of these three, there are recounted three others, sciniphs, boils, and darkness.”

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