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Neesing
NEESING (עֲטִישָׁה, H6490). An archaic word for “sneezing,” the pl. of which is found in
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
"Neese" in Elizabethan English (through two distinct derivations) could mean either "sneeze" or "snort," and it is impossible to say which force was intended by the King James Version editors. The Hebrew is `aTishah, a word found only here, but connected with a Semitic root meaning "sneeze," or, perhaps, "snort."
In the older editions of the King James Version "neesed" is found in