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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.
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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 - The LORD said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The Kohen shall surely pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - "This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the Kohen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - and the Kohen shall go forth out of the camp. The Kohen shall examine him, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - "'Whoever of the seed of Aharon is a leper or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - "Command the children of Yisra'el that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - The cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miryam was leprous, as white as snow: and Aharon looked at Miryam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - let it fall on the head of Yo'av, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Yo'av one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Na`aman, captain of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Na`aman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - The leprosy therefore of Na`aman shall cleave to you, and to your seed forever. He went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Yotam the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - `Azaryah the chief Kohen, and all the Kohanim, looked on him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out, because the LORD had struck him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - `Uzziyah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Yotam his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - So `Uzziyah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Yotam his son reigned in his place.
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