Lexicon lepros: scaly, leprous Original Word: λεπρός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: lepros Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ros') Short Definition: a leper Definition: a leprous person, a leper. HELPS word-Studies 3015 leprós – leprous, also used (substantively) of a leper. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom lepisDefinitionscaly, leprous NASB Translationleper (4), lepers (4), leprous (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3015: λεπρόςλεπρός, λεπροῦ, ὁ (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.
Strong's leper. From the same as lepra; scaly, i.e. Leprous (a leper) -- leper. see GREEK lepra |
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