Issue (Of Blood)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

( זוב , zōbh , זוּב , zūbh  ; ῥύσις , rhusis , αἱμόρῥοος , haimórrhoos ): When used as a description of a bodily affection the word signifies: (1) A discharge, the consequence of uncleanness and sin (  Leviticus 15:2;  Numbers 5:2 ). As such it was one of the judgments which were to afflict the family of Joab ( 2 Samuel 3:29 ); (2) a hemorrhage, either natural ( Leviticus 12:7 , where the word used is māḳōr , literally, a "fountain"), or the consequence of disease ( Matthew 9:20;  Mark 5:25;  Luke 8:43 ).