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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 BoxExo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - And the Lord said again to him, Put thine hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirt, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:2 - Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has an issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a [fn]dead body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - [fn]Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - Now Naiman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and [fn]highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, but a leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:11 - And Naiman was angry, and departed, and said, Behold, I said, He will by all means come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of his God, and lay his hand upon the place, and recover the leper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:3 - And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbour, Why sit we here until we die?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - And these lepers entered a little way into the camp, and went into one tent, and ate and drank, and took thence silver, and gold, and raiment; and they went and returned thence, and entered into another tent, and took thence, and went and hid the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - And the Lord [fn]plagued the king, and he was [fn]leprous till the day of his death; and he reigned in [fn]a separate house. And Joatham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:20 - And Azarias the chief priest, and the other priests, turned to look at him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hasted to go out, because the Lord had rebuked him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - And Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt as a leper in a separate house; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Joathan his son was set over his kingdom, judging the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial place of the kings, for they said, He is a leper; and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.
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