סַפַּחַת

sapachat · scab

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5597 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

sapachat (סַפַּחַת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “scab”.

An eruption or scab on the skin.

How to say it

sa·pa·chat

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. A breaking-out on the skin, with a crust.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Leviticus 13:2

    “When a human being has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a bright spot, and it becomes on the skin of his body a leprous sore, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests.

  • Leviticus 14:56

    and for a swelling, and for an eruption, and for a bright spot,