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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 shall surely pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 -

“As for the leper 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!’

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest,
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,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is [fn]unclean because of a dead person.
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, 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.”
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.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - So these lepers 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because Yahweh had smitten him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - So King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house, being a leper, 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.
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.” And Jotham his son became king in his place.
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