Leprosy
λέπραStrong’s G3014lepra
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Lepra is the Greek word usually translated “leprosy”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.”
Meaning
Usually translated “leprosy”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- leprosy 3
- of leprosy 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 1:42And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
- Luke 5:12And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Luke 5:13And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
Greek dictionary
λέπρα lepra · leprosy
λέπρα, -ας, ἡ (λεπρός), [in LXX for צָרַעַת ;] leprosy: Mat.8:3, Mrk.1:42, Luk.5:12-13† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “leprosy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LEP'ROSY, noun
[See Leper.]
A foul cutaneous disease, appearing in dry, white, thin, scurfy scabs, attended with violent itching. It sometimes covers the whole body, rarely the face. One species of it is called elephantiasis.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.