Mildew

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

MILDEW ( yçrâqôn , Deuteronomy 28:22 , 1Ki 8:37 , 2 Chronicles 6:28 , Amos 4:9 , Haggai 2:17 ) is a disease of grain due to various fungi: it is produced by damp, and is in the above passages associated with shiddâphôn , ‘ blasting ,’ the opposite condition produced by excessive drought.

E. W. G. Masterman.

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To become tainted with mildew.

(2):

(v. t.) To taint with mildew.

(3):

(n.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

King James Dictionary

MIL'DEW, n. L. melligo, from mel, honey.

1. Honey dew a thick, clammy, sweet juice, found on the leaves of plants, which is said to injure the plants by corroding them, or otherwise preventing them from coming to perfection. 2. Spots on cloth or paper caused by moisture.

MIL'DEW, To taint with mildew.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Deuteronomy 28:22-241 Kings 8:372 Chronicles 6:28Amos 4:9Haggai 4:9

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Deuteronomy 28:221 Kings 8:372 Chronicles 6:28

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mil´dū ( ירקון , yērāḳōn  ; Septuagint usually ἴκτερος , ı́kteros , literally, "jaundice"): In the 5 passages where it occurs it is associated with shiddāphōn , "blasting" ( Deuteronomy 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 4:9; Haggai 2:17 ). In Jeremiah 30:6 , the same word is translated "paleness," the yellow color of one with abdominal disease. The root-meaning is "greenish yellow"; compare the Arabic yarḳān , meaning both "jaundice" and "blight." Mildrew or "rust" in grain is due to a special fungus, Puccinia graminis , whose life is divided between the barberry and cereals. Many other varieties of fungi which flourish upon other plants are also designated "mildew." See Blasting .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(יֵרָקוֹן, yerakon', greenness, i.e., pallor, as the "paleness" by affright, Jeremiah 30:6) is properly a species of fungus or parasitic plant generated by moisture, and corrosive of the surface to which it adheres. In Scripture it is applied to grain, and refers to the pale green or yellowish color indicative of fading or withering of plants (Deuteronomy 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Amos 4:9; Haggai 2:17; in all which passages it is connected with "blasting"). The Arabic applies the word yerakon to human beings as well as to corn, and thus describes the disease called in Europe yellow jaundice. Forskal was informed in Arabia by a Jew that it was the general opinion there that it is a mild breeze, dangerous to the corn, by which the ears are turned yellow. (See Leprosy).