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Lexicon :: Strong's G3015 - lepros

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λεπρός
Transliteration
lepros (Key)
Pronunciation
lep-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as λέπρα (G3014)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:233,529

Strong’s Definitions

λεπρός leprós, lep-ros'; from the same as G3014; scaly, i.e. leprous (a leper):—leper.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G3015 in the following manner: leper (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G3015 in the following manner: leper (9x).
  1. scaly, rough

  2. leprous, affected with leprosy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λεπρός leprós, lep-ros'; from the same as G3014; scaly, i.e. leprous (a leper):—leper.
STRONGS G3015:
λεπρός, λεπροῦ, (as if for λεπερος, from λεπίς, λεπος, λεπρεος, τό, a scale, husk, bark);
1. in Greek writings scaly, rough.
2. specifically, leprous, affected with leprosy (the Sept. several times for מְצֹרָע and צָרוּעַ; (Theophrastus, c., p. 2, 6, 4) see λέπρα): Matthew 8:2; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Mark 1:40; Luke 4:27; Luke 7:22; Luke 17:12; of one ((Simon)) who had formerly been a leper, Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:2; 10:8; 11:5; 26:6
Mark
1:40; 14:3
Luke
4:27; 7:22; 17:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3015 matches the Greek λεπρός (lepros),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - “The leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip[fn] and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
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 BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous[fn] or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father’s house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - Now there were four men who were lepers[fn] at the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and went and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent and carried off things from it and went and hid them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they rushed him out quickly, and he himself hurried to go out, because the LORD had struck him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place.
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