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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 Box Exo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - Then the LORD said, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous[fn]—it had become as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - the man is diseased and is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him unclean because of the sore on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - “Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt,[fn] cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “These are the regulations for any diseased person at the time of their ceremonial cleansing, when they are brought to the priest:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - “ ‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease[fn] or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease[fn] or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam’s skin was leprous[fn]—it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy[fn] or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - Naaman’s leprosy will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four men with leprosy[fn] at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - The men who had leprosy reached the edge of the camp, entered one of the tents and ate and drank. Then they took silver, gold and clothes, and went off and hid them. They returned and entered another tent and took some things from it and hid them also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy[fn] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.[fn] Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the LORD had afflicted him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house[fn]—leprous, and banned from the temple of the LORD. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - Uzziah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in a cemetery that belonged to the kings, for people said, “He had leprosy.” And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
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