Leprosy
צָרַ֫עַתStrong’s H6883tsaraat (tsa-ra-at)
Appears in 33 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsaraat is the Hebrew word usually translated “serious skin disease”, “serious disease” and “from skin disease his”. It appears in 33 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
- Leprosyin people, malignant skin disease (Le 13:1-14:57) · othing, a mildew or mould (Le 13:47-52) · in buildings, a mildew or mould (Le 14:34-53)
How it's translated
- a serious skin disease 12
- a serious disease 6
- the serious skin disease 5
- serious skin disease 3
- from skin disease his 3
- a serious skin disease of 2
- serious disease of 1
- and to serious disease of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 27
- 2 Kings 4
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 13:3And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
- Leviticus 13:8And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
- Leviticus 13:9When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
- Leviticus 13:11It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:12And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;
- Leviticus 13:13Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Hebrew dictionary
צָרַ֫עַת tsaraat · leprosy
1) leprosy 1a) in people, malignant skin disease (Le 13:1-14:57) 1b) in clothing, a mildew or mould (Le 13:47-52) 1c) in buildings, a mildew or mould (Le 14:34-53)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.