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צָרַע H6879

H6879 is the Hebrew word צָרַע, transliterated tsâraʻ and said tsaw-rah'. The King James Version most often renders it leper.

Word: צָרַעTransliteration: tsâraʻSaid: tsaw-rah'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 17 verses

What it means

to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

leper 9×leprous 3×every leper 1×became leprous 1×or that is a leper 1×lepers 1×behold he was leprous 1×being a leper 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: leper, leprous.

Verses using צָרַע

All 17 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 4:6 · KJV

And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

Leviticus 13:44 · KJV

He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.

Leviticus 13:45 · KJV

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

Leviticus 14:2 · KJV

This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

Leviticus 22:4 · KJV

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

Numbers 5:2 · KJV

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

Numbers 12:10 · KJV

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

2 Samuel 3:29 · KJV

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

2 Kings 5:1 · KJV

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

2 Kings 5:11 · KJV

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

2 Kings 5:27 · KJV

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

2 Kings 7:3 · KJV

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

2 Kings 7:8 · KJV

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

2 Kings 15:5 · KJV

And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 26:20 · KJV

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

2 Chronicles 26:21 · KJV

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 26:23 · KJV

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6879 mean?

H6879 is the Hebrew word צָרַע (tsâraʻ), meaning to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy.

How is H6879 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it leper (9 times), leprous (3 times), every leper (1 time), became leprous (1 time), or that is a leper (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6879 appear in the Bible?

צָרַע (tsâraʻ) is tagged in 17 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6879 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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