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Lexicon :: Strong's G3014 - lepra

Aa
λέπρα
Transliteration
lepra (Key)
Pronunciation
lep'-rah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as λεπίς (G3013)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:233,529

Strong’s Definitions

λέπρα lépra, lep'-rah; from the same as G3013; scaliness, i.e. "leprosy":—leprosy.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3014 in the following manner: leprosy (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3014 in the following manner: leprosy (4x).
  1. leprosy

  2. a most offensive, annoying, dangerous, cutaneous disease, the bacteria[1] generally pervades the whole body, common in Egypt and the East



1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the Outline of Biblical Usage (copying Thayer’s)]
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λέπρα lépra, lep'-rah; from the same as G3013; scaliness, i.e. "leprosy":—leprosy.
STRONGS G3014:
λέπρα, λέπρας, (from the adjective λεπρός, which see), Hebrew צָרַעַת, leprosy (literally, morbid scaliness), a most offensive, annoying, dangerous, cutaneous disease, the bacteria[1] generally pervades the whole body; common in Egypt and the East (Leviticus 13f): Matthew 8:3; Mark 1:42; Luke 5:12f (Herodotus, Theophrastus, Josephus, Plutarch, others) (Cf. Orelli in Herzog 2 under the word Aussatz; Greenhill in Bible Educator 4:76f, 174f; Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto under the word; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah i., 492ff; McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, under the word; Clark in the 'Speaker's Com.' on Lev. pp. 559 sqq. 570 sqq.; Sir Risdon Bennett Diseases of the Bible. 1887. ("By-Paths of Bible Knowledge" vol. ix.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the Thayer’s Greek Lexicon stating “the virus of which generally pervades the whole body”. Leprosy is caused by bacteria.]

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
13
Matthew
8:3
Mark
1:42
Luke
5:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3014 matches the Greek λέπρα (lepra),
which occurs 42 times in 38 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:2 - When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8 - and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:9 - When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up; for he is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12 - And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then the priest shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - and if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 - And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:42 - But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:43 - Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:47 - The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:49 - if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 - And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:57 - and if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:34 - When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 - then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:54 - This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:55 - and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 - Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:6 - And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:19 - Then Uzziah was wroth; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense.
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