(the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning “to be yellow,” yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering the grain unproductive (Deut. 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28).
Mildew
Farmers in the Bible watched their crops with a worried eye, and mildew was one of the things that could take a harvest away. Moses lists it among the troubles that would follow if Israel turned from the LORD. Amos and Haggai later look back on such losses, quoting God as saying he struck the fields “with blasting and with mildew.” Both prophets point to the same sad refrain, that the people still did not return to him. The passages treat a failed crop as a call to turn back, and they do not claim every bad harvest has such a cause.
3 verses
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:22
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Amos
Amos 4:9
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Haggai
Haggai 2:17
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897