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Lexicon :: Strong's G3014 - lepra

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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 person has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a case of leprous[fn] disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - and the priest shall examine the diseased area on the skin of his body. And if the hair in the diseased area has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a case of leprous disease. When the priest has examined him, he shall pronounce him unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8 - And the priest shall look, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:9 - “When a man is afflicted with a leprous disease, he shall be brought to the priest,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body, 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 leprous disease breaks out in the skin, so that the leprous disease covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then the priest shall look, and if the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it has all turned white, and he is clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean, for it is a leprous disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - And the priest shall look, and if it appears deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a case of leprous disease that has broken out in the boil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:22 - And if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, then it is a leprous disease. It has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 - and the priest shall examine him the seventh day. If it is spreading in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a case of leprous disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 - “When a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - the priest shall examine the disease. And if it appears deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is an itch, a leprous disease of the head or the beard.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:42 - But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased area, it is a leprous disease breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:43 - Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprous disease in the skin of the body,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:47 - “When there is a case of leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:49 - if the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin or in the warp or the woof or in any article made of skin, it is a case of leprous disease, and it shall be shown to the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - Then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a persistent leprous disease; it is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 - And he shall burn the garment, or the warp or the woof, the wool or the linen, or any article made of skin that is diseased, for it is a persistent leprous disease. It shall be burned in the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:57 - Then if it appears again in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, it is spreading. You shall burn with fire whatever has the disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - This is the law for a case of leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or the woof, or in any article made of skin, to determine whether it is clean or unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:34 - “When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 - then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:54 - This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:55 - for leprous disease in a garment or in a house,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous,[fn] like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 - “Take care, in a case of leprous[fn] disease, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you. As I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:6 - And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:19 - Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, leprosy[fn] broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, by the altar of incense.
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