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Lexicon :: Strong's H6879 - ṣāraʿ

Aa
צָרַע
Transliteration
ṣāraʿ
Pronunciation
tsaw-rah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1971

Strong’s Definitions

צָרַע tsâraʻ, tsaw-rah'; a primitive root; to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy:—leper, leprous.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H6879 in the following manner: leper (14x), leprous (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H6879 in the following manner: leper (14x), leprous (6x).

  1. to be diseased of skin, be leprous

    1. (Qal) to be a leper

    2. (Pual) to have leprosy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרַע tsâraʻ, tsaw-rah'; a primitive root; to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy:—leper, leprous.
STRONGS H6879: Abbreviations
† [צָרַע] verb denominative, only in passive, be struck with leprosy, leprous; —
Qal Participle passive אִישׁ צָרוּעַ Leviticus 13:44; elsewhere as substantive, = leper, Leviticus 13:45; Leviticus 14:3; Numbers 5:2 (all P), Leviticus 22:4 (H).
Pu. Participle מְצֹרָע 2 Samuel 3:29 +, מְצוֺרָע 2 Chronicles 26:20; plural מְצֹרָעִים 2 Kings 7:3, 8; feminine מְצֹרַ֫עַת Exodus 4:6 +, מְצֹרָ֑עַת Numbers 12:10; — leprous, of hand Exodus 4:6 (J), of person Numbers 12:10 (twice in verse) (E), 2 Kings 5:27; 2 Chronicles 26:20; אֲנָשִׁים מְצֹרָעִים 2 Kings 7:3; as substantive = leper 2 Samuel 3:29; 2 Kings 5:1, 11; 2 Kings 7:8; 2 Kings 15:5 2 Chronicles 26:21a, 2 Chronicles 26:21b, 2 Chronicles 26:23; תּוֺרַת הַמְּצֹרָע Leviticus 14:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:6; 4:6

Leviticus

13:44; 13:45; 14:2; 14:3; 22:4

Numbers

5:2; 12:10; 12:10

2 Samuel

3:29; 3:29

2 Kings

5:1; 5:11; 5:27; 7:3; 7:3; 7:8; 7:8; 15:5

2 Chronicles

26:20; 26:20; 26:21; 26:21; 26:23

H6879

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Strong's Number H6879 matches the Hebrew צָרַע (ṣāraʿ),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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The LORD H3068 furthermore H5750 said H559 to him, “Now H4994 put H935 your hand H3027 inside the fold H2436 of H2436 your robe H2436.” So he put H935 his hand H3027 inside the fold H2436, and when he took H3318 it out H3318, behold H2009, his hand H3027 was leprous H6879 like snow H7950.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - he is a leprous H6879 man H376, he is unclean H2931. The priest H3548 must H2930 pronounce H2930 him unclean H2930; his infection H5061 is on his head H7218.

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“As for the person H6879 who H834 has the leprous H6879 infection H5061, his clothes H899 shall be torn H6533 and the hair of his head H7218 shall be [fn]uncovered H6544, and he shall cover H5844 his [fn]mustache H8222 and call H7121 out H7121, ‘Unclean H2931! Unclean H2931!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “This H2088 shall be the law H8451 of the person H6879 with H6879 leprosy H6879 on the day H3117 of his cleansing H2893. Now he shall be brought H935 to the priest H3548;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - and the priest H3548 shall go H3318 out H3318 to a place outside H4480 H2351 of the camp H4264. Then the priest H3548 shall look H7200, and if H2009 the [fn]leprous H6883 infection H5061 has been healed H7495 in the person H6879 with H6879 leprosy H6879,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - ‘No H376 H3808 man H376 of the [fn]descendants H2233 of Aaron H175, who H1931 has [fn]leprosy H6879 or H176 has a discharge H2100, may eat H398 of the holy H6944 gifts until H5704 H834 he is H2891 clean H2891. And one who touches H5060 anything H3605 made unclean H2931 by a corpse H5315, or H176 a man H376 who H834 has H3318 a seminal H7902 H2233 emission H3318 H7902,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command H6680 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 that they send H7971 away H7971 from the camp H4264 everyone H3605 with H6879 leprosy H6879, everyone H3605 having a discharge H2100, and everyone H3605 who is unclean H2931 because of contact with a dead person H5315.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - But when the cloud H6051 had withdrawn H5493 from above H5921 the tent H168, behold H2009, Miriam H4813 was leprous H6879, as white as snow H7950. As Aaron H175 turned H6437 toward H413 Miriam H4813, behold H2009, she was leprous H6879.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “May it turn H2342 upon the head H7218 of Joab H3097 and on all H3605 his father’s H1 house H1004; and may there not be eliminated H3772 from the house H1004 of Joab H3097 someone who suffers H2100 a discharge H2100, or has leprosy H6879, or [fn]holds H2388 the spindle H6418, or falls H5307 by the sword H2719, or lacks H2638 bread H3899.”

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Now Naaman H5283, commander H8269 of the army H6635 of the king H4428 of Aram H758, was a great H1419 man H376 [fn]in the view of his master H113, and eminent H5375 H6440, because H3588 by him the LORD H3068 had given H5414 victory H8668 to Aram H758. The man H376 was also a valiant H2428 warrior H1368, but afflicted H6879 with H6879 leprosy H6879.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman H5283 was H7107 furious H7107 and went H1980 away, and he said H559, “Behold H2009, I [fn]thought H559, ‘He will certainly H3318 come H3318 out H3318 to me, and stand H5975 and call H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 his God H430, and wave H5130 his hand H3027 over H413 the site H4725 and cure H622 the [fn]leprosy H6879.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - “Therefore, the leprosy H6883 of Naaman H5283 shall cling H1692 to you and to your [fn]descendants H2233 forever H5769.” So he went H3318 out H3318 from his presence H6440 afflicted H6879 with H6879 leprosy H6879, as white as snow H7950.

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Now there were four H702 leprous H6879 men H376 at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179; and they said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “Why H4100 are we sitting H3427 here H6311 until H5704 we die H4191?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - When these H428 men H428 with H6879 leprosy H6879 came H935 to the outskirts H7097 of the camp H4264, they entered H935 one H259 tent H168 and ate H398 and drank H8354, and carried H5375 from there H8033 silver H3701, gold H2091, and clothes H899, and they went H1980 and hid H2934 them; then they returned H7725 and entered H935 another H312 tent H168, and carried H5375 valuables from there H8033 also, and went H1980 and hid H2934 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - And the LORD H3068 afflicted H5060 the king H4428, so that he had H6879 leprosy H6879 to the day H3117 of his death H4194. And he lived H3427 in a separate H2669 house H1004, [fn]while Jotham H3147 the king’s H4428 son H1121 was in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the household H1004, judging H8199 the people H5971 of the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - Azariah H5838 the chief H7218 priest H3548 and all H3605 the priests H3548 looked H6437 at him, and behold H2009, he was leprous H6879 on his forehead H4696; and they quickly H926 removed H4480 H926 him from there H8033, and he himself H1931 also H1571 hurried H1765 to get H3318 out H3318 because H3588 the LORD H3068 had stricken H5060 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - King H4428 Uzziah H5818 had H6879 leprosy H6879 to the day H3117 of his death H4194; and he lived H3427 in a separate H2669 house H1004, afflicted H6879 as he was with H6879 leprosy H6879, for he was cut H1504 off H1504 from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068. And his son H1121 Jotham H3147 was over H5921 the king’s H4428 house H1004, judging H8199 the people H5971 of the land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - So Uzziah H5818 [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers H1, and they buried H6912 him with his fathers H1 in the field H7704 of the grave H6900 which H834 belonged to the kings H4428, for they said H559, “He had H6879 leprosy H6879.” And his son H1121 Jotham H3147 became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.
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