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Lexicon :: Strong's H6883 - ṣāraʿaṯ

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צָרַעַת
Transliteration
ṣāraʿaṯ
Pronunciation
tsaw-rah'-ath
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1971a

Strong’s Definitions

צָרַעַת tsâraʻath, tsaw-rah'-ath; from H6879; leprosy:—leprosy.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H6883 in the following manner: leprosy (35x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H6883 in the following manner: leprosy (35x).
  1. leprosy

    1. in people, malignant skin disease (Le. 13-14)

    2. in clothing, a mildew or mould (Le. 13:47-52)

    3. in buildings, a mildew or mould (Le. 14:34-53)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָרַעַת tsâraʻath, tsaw-rah'-ath; from H6879; leprosy:—leprosy.
STRONGS H6883: Abbreviations
צָרַ֫עַת 35 noun feminine leprosy; — absolute צ׳ Deuteronomy 24:3 +, צָרָ֑עַת Leviticus 13:2 +; construct צָרַ֫עַת 2 Kings 5:27 +; suffix צָרַעְתּוֺ 2 Kings 5:3, 6, 7; — leprosy 2 Kings 5:3, 6, 7, 27; 2 Chronicles 26:19; elsewhere only in laws: נֶגַע צ׳ Deuteronomy 24:8, and Leviticus 13:14 (P; + 29 times): תּוֺרַת הַצ׳ Leviticus 14:57; specific of
a. human disease (as above) נֶגַע צ׳ Leviticus 13:2 + 8 times; without נ׳ Leviticus 13:8 + 10 times
b. leprosy in a garment Leviticus 13:47, 49, 51, 52, 59 (בֶּגֶד תּוֺרַת נֶנַע צ׳).
c. in house Leviticus 14:34 (נֶגַע צ׳), Leviticus 14:44; house or garment Leviticus 14:55. — Exact meaning of
b. and
c. dubious, perhaps some fungus or mould; see especially Di Dr-Wh Baen.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

13:2; 13:2; 13:8; 13:14; 13:47; 13:49; 13:51; 13:52; 13:59; 14:34; 14:44; 14:55; 14:57

Deuteronomy

24:3; 24:8

2 Kings

5:3; 5:3; 5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 5:27; 5:27

2 Chronicles

26:19

H6883

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6883 matches the Hebrew צָרַעַת (ṣāraʿaṯ),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:2 -

“When a person has a swelling,[fn] scab,[fn] or spot on the skin of his body, and it may be a serious disease on the skin of his body, he is to be brought to the priest Aaron or to one of his sons, the priests.

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“The priest will examine the sore on the skin of his body. If the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is in fact a serious skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:8 -

“The priest will examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:9 -

“When a case of serious skin disease may have developed on a person, he is to be brought to the priest.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 -

“it is a chronic serious disease on the skin of his body, and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not quarantine him, for he is unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12 -

“But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the stricken person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 -

“the priest will look, and if the skin disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the stricken person clean. Since he has turned totally white, he is clean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 -

“When the priest examines the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean; this is a serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 -

“The priest will make an examination, and if the spot seems to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a case of serious skin disease that has broken out in the boil.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 -

“the priest is to examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a serious skin disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:27 -

“The priest will reexamine him on the seventh day. If it has spread further on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is in fact a case of serious skin disease.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 -

“the priest is to examine the condition. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and sparse, the priest must pronounce the person unclean. It is a scaly outbreak, a serious skin disease of the head or chin.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:42 -

“But if there is a reddish-white condition on the bald head or forehead, it is a serious skin disease breaking out on his head or forehead.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:43 -

“The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the condition on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white, like the appearance of a serious skin disease on his body,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:47 -

“If a fabric is contaminated with mildew ​— ​in wool or linen fabric,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:49 -

“and if the contamination is green or red in the fabric, the leather, the warp, the weft, or any leather article, it is a mildew contamination and is to be shown to the priest.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 -

“The priest is to reexamine the contamination on the seventh day. If it has spread in the fabric, the warp, the weft, or the leather, regardless of how it is used, the contamination is harmful mildew; it is unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 -

“He is to burn the fabric, the warp or weft in wool or linen, or any leather article, which is contaminated. Since it is harmful mildew it must be burned.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 -

“This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, warp or weft, or any leather article, in order to pronounce it clean or unclean.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 -

“who will go outside the camp and examine him. If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 -

“He will then sprinkle the blood seven times on the one who is to be cleansed from the skin disease. He is to pronounce him clean and release the live bird over the open countryside.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 -

“This is the law for someone who has[fn] a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:34 -

“When you enter the land of Canaan that I am giving you as a possession, and I place a mildew contamination in a house in the land you possess,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 -

“the priest is to come and examine it. If the contamination has spread in the house, it is harmful mildew; the house is unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:54 -

“This is the law for any skin disease or mildew, for a scaly outbreak,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:55 -

“for mildew in clothing or on a house,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 -

“to determine when something is unclean or clean. This is the law regarding skin disease and mildew.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:8 -

“Be careful with a person who has a case of serious skin disease, following carefully everything the Levitical priests instruct you to do. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 -

She said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his skin disease.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:6 -

He brought the letter to the king of Israel, and it read:

When this letter comes to you, note that I have sent you my servant Naaman for you to cure him of his skin disease.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 -

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Recognize[fn] that he is only picking a fight with me.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 -

“Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased, resembling snow.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:19 -

Uzziah, with a firepan in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But when he became enraged with the priests, in the presence of the priests in the LORD’s temple beside the altar of incense, a skin disease broke out on his forehead.

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