Word Study · Strong's H6879 · Hebrew
צָרַע
tsara
tsaw-rah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tsâraʻ
“to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy
Rendered in the KJV as
leper, leprous.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- מְצֹרָע֙2
- הַמְּצֹרָ֔ע1
- הַמְּצֹרָֽע׃1
- הַֽמְצֹרָעִ֨ים1
- הַצָּרֽוּעַ׃1
- וְהַצָּר֜וּעַ1
- וּמְצֹרָ֞ע1
- מְצוֹרָ֣ע1
- מְצֹרָ֥ע1
- מְצֹרָ֔ע1
- מְצֹרָ֣ע׀1
- מְצֹרָֽע׃1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- [was] leprous4
- having a skin disease3
- leprous3
- [is] having a serious skin disease1
- [one who] has a skin disease1
- [people] having a skin disease1
- [who] has a serious skin disease1
- and [one who] has a skin disease1
- and the [one who] has a serious skin disease1
- the [one who] had a serious skin disease1
- the [one who] has a serious skin disease1
- the [one] having a skin disease1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular7
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular2
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular1
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singular1
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVPsmsa · 7
- HVqsmsa · 3
- HTd/VPsmsa · 2
- HVPsfsc · 2
- HC/Td/Vqsmsa · 1
- HC/VPsmsa · 1
- HTd/VPsmpa · 1
- HTd/Vqsmsa · 1
- HVPsfsa · 1
- HVPsmpa · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings6 of 20 · 30%
- Leviticus5 of 20 · 25%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 20 · 20%
- Numbers3 of 20 · 15%
- Exodus1 of 20 · 5%
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus5 occurrences
- Leviticus 13:44צָר֥וּעַtzarua'verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularthe man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.here: [who] has a serious skin disease
- Leviticus 13:45וְהַצָּר֜וּעַvehatzarua'conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularA diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’here: and the [one who] has a serious skin disease
- Leviticus 14:2הַמְּצֹרָ֔עhametzora'the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular“This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin disease on the day of his cleansing, when he is brought to the priest.here: the [one who] has a serious skin disease
- Leviticus 14:3הַצָּרֽוּעַ׃hatzarua'the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularThe priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,here: the [one who] had a serious skin disease
- Leviticus 22:4צָר֙וּעַ֙tzarua'verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularIf a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,here: [is] having a serious skin disease
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 5:2צָר֖וּעַtzarua'verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.here: [one who] has a skin disease
- Numbers 12:10מְצֹרַ֣עַתmetzoraatverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,here: [was] leprous
- Numbers 12:10מְצֹרָֽעַת׃metzoraatverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singularAs the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,here: leprous
2 Kings6 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:1מְצֹרָֽע׃metzora'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularNow Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.here: having a skin disease
- 2 Kings 5:11הַמְּצֹרָֽע׃hametzora'the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularBut Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.here: the [one] having a skin disease
- 2 Kings 5:27מְצֹרָ֥עmetzora'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularTherefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.here: having a skin disease
- 2 Kings 7:3מְצֹרָעִ֖יםmetzoraimverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluralNow there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?here: [people] having a skin disease
- 2 Kings 7:8הַֽמְצֹרָעִ֨יםhamtzoraimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine pluralWhen the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.here: the [people] having a skin disease
- 2 Kings 15:5מְצֹרָע֙metzora'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularAnd the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.here: having a skin disease
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 26:20מְצֹרָע֙metzora'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularWhen Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.here: [was] leprous
- 2 Chronicles 26:21מְצֹרָ֣ע׀metzora'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularSo King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.here: leprous
- 2 Chronicles 26:21מְצֹרָ֔עmetzora'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularSo King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.here: leprous
- 2 Chronicles 26:23מְצוֹרָ֣עmetzora'verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularAnd Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.here: [was] leprous