Bible Dictionary
DYSENTERY
Dysentery is an intestinal disease causing severe illness and often fever. In Acts 28:8 it afflicted the father of Publius on Malta.
Biblical Usage
In Acts 28:8, the father of Publius on Malta suffered from fever and dysentery when Paul visited him after the shipwreck. A similar intestinal malady is associated with the illness of Jehoram in 2 Chronicles 21.