Strong's Lexicon
G3014 — λέπρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3014 |
|---|---|
| Word: | λέπρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from lepo "to peel" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | lepra |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | lep'-rah |
| Meaning: | 1. scaliness, i.e. "leprosy" |
| KJV Renderings: | leprosy |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λέπρα, λέπρας, ἡ (from the adjective λεπρός, which see), Hebrew öÈøÇòÇú, leprosy (literally, morbid scaliness), a most offensive, annoying, dangerous, cutaneous disease, the virus of which generally pervades the whole body; common in Egypt and the East (Lev 13:1-59 f): Mat 8:3; Mar 1:42; Luk 5:12 f (Herodotus, Theophrastus, Josephus, Plutarch, others) (Cf. Orelli in Herzog 2 under the word Aussatz; Greenhill in Bible Educator 4:76f, 174f; Ginsburg in Alex.’s Kitto under the word; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah i., 492ff; McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia, under the word)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
λέπρα (leprosy)
Matthew 8:3
- KJV: And Jesus put forth hand and touched him saying I will be thou clean And immediately his leprosy was cleansed
- GK: και εκτείνας την χείρα ήψατο αυτού ο Ιησούς λέγων θέλω καθαρίσθητι και ευθέως εκαθαρίσθη αυτού η λέπρα
Mark 1:42
- KJV: And as soon as he had spoken immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was cleansed
- GK: και ειπόντος αυτού ευθέως απήλθεν απ΄ αυτού η λέπρα και εκαθαρίσθη
Luke 5:12
- KJV: And it came to pass when he was in a certain city behold a man full of leprosy who seeing Jesus fell on face and besought him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean
- GK: και εγένετο εν τω είναι αυτόν εν μιά των πόλεων και ιδού ανήρ πλήρης λέπρας και ιδών τον Ιησούν πεσών επί πρόσωπον εδεήθη αυτού λέγων κύριε εάν θέλης δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι
Luke 5:13
- KJV: And he put forth hand and touched him saying I will be thou clean And immediately the leprosy departed from him
- GK: και εκτείνας την χείρα ήψατο αυτού ειπών θέλω καθαρίσθητι και ευθέως η λέπρα απήλθεν απ΄ αυτού