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Lexicon :: Strong's H6879 - ṣāraʿ

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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - The LORD H3068 furthermore H5750 said H559 to him, “Now H4994 put H935 your hand H3027 into your bosom.” H2436 So he put H935 his hand H3027 into his bosom, H2436 and when he took H3318 it out, 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 shall surely H2930 pronounce H2930 him unclean; H2930 his infection H5061 is on his head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - “As for the leper H6879 who H834 has the 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 mustache H8222 and cry, H7121 ‘Unclean! H2931 Unclean!’ H2931

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “This H2088 shall be the law H8451 of the leper H6879 in 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 to the outside H4480 H2351 of the camp. H4264 Thus the priest H3548 shall look, H7200 and if H2009 the [fn]infection H5061 of leprosy H6883 has been healed H7495 in the leper, 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 is a leper H6879 or H176 who has a discharge, H2100 may eat H398 of the holy H6944 gifts until H5704 H834 he is clean. H2891 And if one touches H5060 anything H3605 made unclean H2931 by a corpse H5315 or H176 if a man H376 has H3318 a seminal H7902 H2233 emission, 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 every H3605 leper H6879 and everyone H3605 having a discharge H2100 and everyone H3605 who is unclean H2931 because of a dead person. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - But when the cloud H6051 had withdrawn H5493 from over 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 [fn]fall H2342 on the head H7218 of Joab H3097 and on all H3605 his father’s H1 house; H1004 and may there not fail H3772 from the house H1004 of Joab H3097 one who has a discharge, H2100 or who is a leper, H6879 or who takes H2388 hold H2388 of a distaff, H6418 or who falls H5307 by the sword, H2719 or who lacks H2638 bread.” H3899

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naaman, H5283 captain H8269 of the army H6635 of the king H4428 of Aram, H758 was a great H1419 man H376 [fn]with his master, H113 and highly respected, 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 he was a leper. H6879

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman H5283 was furious H7107 and went H1980 away and said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I [fn]thought, H559 ‘He will surely H3318 come H3318 out 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 place H4725 and cure H622 the leper.’ 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 from his presence H6440 a leper H6879 as white as snow. H7950

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - 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 do we sit H3427 here H6311 until H5704 we die? H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - When these H428 lepers 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 and gold H2091 and clothes, H899 and went H1980 and hid H2934 them; and they returned H7725 and entered H935 another H312 tent H168 and carried H5375 from there H8033 also, and went H1980 and hid H2934 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - The LORD H3068 struck H5060 the king, H4428 so that he was a leper 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 over 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 hurried H926 him out of there, H8033 and he himself H1931 also H1571 hastened H1765 to get H3318 out because H3588 the LORD H3068 had smitten H5060 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - King H4428 Uzziah H5818 was a leper H6879 to the day H3117 of his death; H4194 and he lived H3427 in a separate H2669 house, H1004 being H6879 a leper, H6879 for he was cut H1504 off H1504 from the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068 And Jotham H3147 his son H1121 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 slept 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 is a leper.” H6879 And Jotham H3147 his son H1121 became H4427 king H4427 in his place. H8478
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