The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Wen

Only in Le 22:22, "maimed" or "having a wen (margin "sores"), or scurvy," for (yabbal), "running," hence, "a suppurating sore" (compare the Revised Version margin). A "wen" is a non-inflamed indolent tumor, and so "wen" is about as far as possible from the meaning of the Hebrew.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.