Lexicon tsara: to be struck with leprosy, to be leprous Original Word: צָרַעPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tsara Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-rah') Short Definition: leper NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from tsaraathDefinitionto be struck with leprosy, to be leprous NASB Translationbeing a leper (1), leper (12), lepers (1), leprous (6).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ 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`al Participle מְצֹרָע 2 Samuel 3:29 +, מְצוֺרָע2Chronicles 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; 2Chronicles 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 2Chronicles 26:21a, 2 Chronicles 26:21b, 2 Chronicles 26:23; תּוֺרַת הַמְּצֹרָע Leviticus 14:2.
Strong's leper, leprous A primitive root; to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy -- leper, leprous. |
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