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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 -

The LORD also said to him, “Put your hand into your robe [where it covers your chest].” So he put his hand into his robe, and when he took it out, his hand was [fn]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 priest shall most certainly pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:45

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 uncovered (disheveled), 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 on the day of his [ceremonial] cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest [at a meeting place outside the camp];

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - the priest shall go out of the camp [to meet him]; and the priest shall examine him, and if the leper has been healed of the infection of leprosy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - ‘No man of the descendants of Aaron who is a leper or has a discharge may eat the holy things [the offerings and the showbread] until he is clean. And whoever touches any person or thing made unclean by contact with a corpse or a man who has had a seminal emission,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled [that is, ceremonially unclean] by [coming in contact with] the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned and looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “Let [fn]the guilt fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house (family); and may there never disappear from the house of Joab one who suffers with a discharge or one who is a leper or one who walks with a crutch [being unfit for war], or one who falls by the sword, or one who lacks food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 -

Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram (Syria), was considered a great man by his king, and was highly respected because through Naaman the LORD had given victory to Aram (Syria). He was also a man of courage, but he was a [fn]leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Indeed! I thought ‘He would at least come out to [see] me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place [of leprosy] and heal the leper.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - “Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So Gehazi departed 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 four men who were [fn]lepers were at the entrance of the [city’s] gate; and they said to one another, “Why should we sit 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 edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried away from there silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. Then they went back and entered another tent and carried [some valuable things] from there also, and went and hid them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - And the LORD struck (afflicted) the king, and he was a leper until the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham the king’s son was in charge of the household, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - As Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked toward him, behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he also hurried to get out because the LORD had stricken him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and, being a leper, he lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And his son Jotham took charge of the king’s household, judging and governing 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 [in death], and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field of the kings [outside the royal tombs], for they said, “He is a leper.” And his son Jotham became king in his place.
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