Bright spot
בַּהֶ֫רֶתStrong’s H0934boheret (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:”
Meaning
- White patch of skin, brightness, bright spot (on skin)
- (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
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 13:4If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:
- Leviticus 13:19And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
- Leviticus 13:23But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
- Leviticus 13:24Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;
- Leviticus 13:25Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:26But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
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.