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Bright spot

בַּהֶ֫רֶתStrong’s H0934

boheret (bo-he-ret)

Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Boheret is the Hebrew word usually translated “bright spot” and “bright spots”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

“When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:”
Leviticus 13:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. White patch of skin, brightness, bright spot (on skin)
  2. (CLBL) bright spot, scar, blister, boilresulting from fire · resulting from inflammation of the skin · possible sign of leprosy
How it's translated
  • a bright spot 4
  • bright spots 3
  • the bright spot 2
  • in the bright spot 2
  • and to bright spot 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 11

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Hebrew dictionary

בַּהֶ֫רֶת boheret · bright spot

1) white patch of skin, brightness, bright spot (on skin) 2) (CLBL) bright spot, scar, blister, boil 2a) resulting from fire 2b) resulting from inflammation of the skin 2c) possible sign of leprosy

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.