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λεπρός

lepros · leper

Greek word · Strong’s number G3015 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

lepros (λεπρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “leper”.

A person with a skin disease who, under the Law, was unclean and lived apart.

How to say it

le·pros

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Someone sick with a skin disease that made one unclean.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • lepers ×4
  • leper ×3
  • leprous ×1
  • man with leprosy ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 8:2

    And look, a leper came and was bowing down before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

  • Matthew 10:8

    Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Freely you received; freely give.

  • Matthew 11:5

    the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

  • Matthew 26:6

    Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

  • Mark 1:40

    And a man with leprosy comes to him, begging him and kneeling, and saying to him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

  • Mark 14:3

    And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard, very costly; breaking the jar, she poured it over his head.

  • Luke 4:27

    And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.”

  • Luke 7:22

    And he answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

  • Luke 17:12

    And as he was entering into a certain village, ten leprous men met him, who stood at a distance.