צָרַע
ṣāraʿ
be stricken with leprosy
Strong's H6879VerbHebrewTWOT 1971

צָרַע (ṣāraʿ) is a Hebrew verb meaning be stricken with leprosy. It appears 20 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6879).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1971)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1971)be stricken with leprosy, leprous; leper; scourge
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צָרַע verb, denominative: be stricken with leprosy, leprous

Strong's H6879 צָרַע: to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
KJV:leper, leprous.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Exodus 4:6Leviticus 13:44Numbers 5:2

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