Strong G3015λεπρός
leprous
- Transliteration
- lepros
- Pronunciation
- lep-ros'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From the same as G3014; scaly that is leprous (a leper): - leper.
Detailed definition
λεπρός, -ά, -όν
(λεπίς), [in LXX for צָרַע;]
1. (in cl.) scaly, rough.
2. leprous; chiefly as subst., ὁ λ., a leper: Mat.8:2 10:8 11:5, Mrk.1:40, Luk.4:27 7:22 17:12; of Simon, formerly a leper, Mat.26:6, Mrk.14:3.†
(AS)
(λεπίς), [in LXX for צָרַע;]
1. (in cl.) scaly, rough.
2. leprous; chiefly as subst., ὁ λ., a leper: Mat.8:2 10:8 11:5, Mrk.1:40, Luk.4:27 7:22 17:12; of Simon, formerly a leper, Mat.26:6, Mrk.14:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3015 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- leper9
First verses
- Matthew 8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
- Matthew 11:5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
- Matthew 26:6Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
- Mark 1:40And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
- Luke 4:27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
- Luke 7:22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
- Luke 17:12And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λεπρ-ός, ά, όν,
scaly, scabby, rough, of places, conjecture Coraës in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 13, 24, etc.; so βουνὸς λ. “Schwyzer” 289.169 (Priene, 2nd c.BC))]; ἀκταὶ λ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 642)]; Λ. ἀκτή as proper name, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47.)]
II leprous, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.6.4, LXX.Lev.13.44)]: as substantive, leper, [NT (NT.Mark.1.40, etc.)]; λ. ὄνυχες, probably psoriasis unguium, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 4, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.114)]; τὸ λ., = λέπρα, ἡ, [LXX (LXX.4Ki.5.11)]; ἱμάντας ἐκ λεπρῶν (i.e. δερμάτων, for the toughest leather, accusative to Scholia, was supposed to be made of mangy skins) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 724 (but Scholia prefers ἐκ Λεπρῶν)], proper name of a “Tannery” outside the walls); λ. βαυβών [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.36.)]
scaly, scabby, rough, of places, conjecture Coraës in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 13, 24, etc.; so βουνὸς λ. “Schwyzer” 289.169 (Priene, 2nd c.BC))]; ἀκταὶ λ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 642)]; Λ. ἀκτή as proper name, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 47.)]
II leprous, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.6.4, LXX.Lev.13.44)]: as substantive, leper, [NT (NT.Mark.1.40, etc.)]; λ. ὄνυχες, probably psoriasis unguium, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ὑγρῶν χρήσιος” 4, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.114)]; τὸ λ., = λέπρα, ἡ, [LXX (LXX.4Ki.5.11)]; ἱμάντας ἐκ λεπρῶν (i.e. δερμάτων, for the toughest leather, accusative to Scholia, was supposed to be made of mangy skins) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 724 (but Scholia prefers ἐκ Λεπρῶν)], proper name of a “Tannery” outside the walls); λ. βαυβών [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.36.)]