discharge
rhusis denotes a continuing discharge of blood and its stopping in the woman’s account.
The attested passages use the term for a woman’s discharge of blood: Luke 8:43 and Mark 5:25 describe its continuing condition, while Luke 8:44 states that the discharge stopped.
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Discharge of blood · dominant
In Luke 8:43 and Mark 5:25, the dative singular form occurs in the description of a woman who had experienced a discharge of blood for twelve years. In Luke 8:44, the nominative singular form names what stopped immediately after she touched the edge of his clothing; the APB renders the clause “the discharge of her blood stopped.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “a discharge of blood” in Luke 8:43 and Mark 5:25 and as “the discharge of her blood” in Luke 8:44. These phrases reflect the verse context.