(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
(Colossians 1:26) When rebellion broke out in Eden, Jehovah gave a promise of better things to come, foretelling that ‘the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent.’
People with seizures tend to have more physical problems (such as fractures and bruising from injuries related to seizures), as well as higher rates of psychological conditions, including anxiety and depression.
Reporters and news photographers were attacked first and their cameras destroyed, but one reporter took a photo later of Jim Zwerg in the hospital, showing how he was beaten and bruised.
For example, in the United States of America, 20–30% of older people who fall suffer moderate to severe injuries such as bruises, hip fractures, or head traumas.
One youth told Human Rights Watch that military police aimed tear gas canisters directly at him; he had burns, blisters, bruises, and cuts over his face, neck, abdomen, arms, and legs.
She apparently showed her lawyer signs of bruising on her arms, but prosecuting officials are said to have claimed that the marks dated from before her arrest
Finally, in the spring of 33 C.E., the time had come for the Son of man to be delivered into the hands of the Adversary to be bruised in the heel by him.
For instance, he referred to Mr. Sahadeo’s colour of skin as basis for an inference that ill-treatment would have left marks that would have been visible in the medical inspection that took place afterwards, in addition to the bruise on the toe that was recorded.
Kri. Upon noticing the complainant's injuries, the judge issued a written decision ordering the police immediately to escort him to a forensic specialist for the purpose of establishing their nature and severity.b In particular, the judge ordered that a forensic medical expert examine the “injuries visible in the form of bruises on the outside of the suspect's legs....” The judge did not inform the public prosecutor of the complainant's injuries, even though, according to the complainant, he should have done so in accordance with article # of the CPC
(Isaiah 1:6b) Here the prophet refers to three types of injuries: wounds (cuts, such as those inflicted by a sword or a knife), bruises (welts resulting from beating), and fresh stripes (recent, open sores that seem beyond healing).
The medical examination attested several injuries, including abrasions and bruises resulting in a temporary incapacity to work for a period of three weeks.
From a review of the medical reports themselves, the Committee observes that the complainant suffered multiple bruising on various external parts of his body, to the extent that the injuries inflicted caused bruising to his kidneys and blood in his urine.
Then that “seed” would be bruised in the literal heel by the serpent, and, in turn, the wounded “seed” would bruise the serpent in the head, evidently putting it to death.