Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure; hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollient
KJV Usage: lay for a plaister
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָרַח (ma.rach) — to rub. (Qal) to rub
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מָרֹוחַ
Rub | verb qal
to apply literally: to bruise; hence: = action by which humans apply a medicinal substance on part of the body that is affected by a disease
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מָרַח] vb. rub;—Qal Is 38:21 ref