Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. 2. (n.) Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. 3. (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SCURVY The name "Gareb" is used in Jeremiah 31:39 as the placename of a hill at or near the southeastern corner of Jerusalem, probably from the bare roughness of the surface of its slope at the southern end of the Wady er-Rababi. Another hill of this name is mentioned near Shiloh in the Talmud, and the name is given to one of David's warriors (2 Samuel 23:38). Scurvy etymologically means any condition of scaliness of skin which can be scraped off, such as dandruff. Alexander Macalister

Multi-Version Concordance Scurvy (3 Occurrences) Leviticus 21:20 Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT) Leviticus 22:22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT) Deuteronomy 28:27 Yahweh will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed. (WEB ASV YLT RSV)