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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 -

And Yahweh furthermore said to him, “Now put your hand into your bosom.” So he put his hand into his bosom; then he took it out, and behold, his hand was leprous H6879 like snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - he is a leprous H6879 man; he is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 -

“As for the leper H6879 who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be [fn]uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and call out, ‘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 H6879 in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the [fn]infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper H6879,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - ‘No man of the seed of Aaron, who is a leper H6879 or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or if a man has a seminal emission,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper H6879 and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is [fn]unclean because of a dead person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - But the cloud withdrew from over the tent, and behold, Miriam was leprous H6879, as white as snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous H6879.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “May it whirl on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may one who has a discharge, or who is a leper H6879, or who takes hold of a spindle, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread not be cut off from the house of Joab.”

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Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man [fn]with his master, and [fn]highly respected, because by him Yahweh had given salvation to Aram. The man was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper H6879.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Behold, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper H6879.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - “Thus the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper H6879 as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 -

Now there were four leprous H6879 men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - So these lepers H6879 came to the outskirts of the camp and entered one tent and ate and drank. Then they carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and they went and hid them; and they returned and entered another tent and carried from there also and went and hid them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - Then Yahweh smote the king, so that he was a leper H6879 to the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house, [fn]while Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous H6879 on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because Yahweh had smitten him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - So King Uzziah was a leper H6879 to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house, being H6879 a leper H6879, for he was cut off from the house of Yahweh. And Jotham 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 Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the grave which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper H6879.” And Jotham his son became king in his place.
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