# H6879 צָרַע

צָרַע (tsâraʻ), Strong’s H6879: to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy KJV: leper, leprous.. Occurs 20 times.

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*tsâraʻ* — to scourge, i.e. (intransitive and figurative) to be stricken with leprosy

KJV: leper, leprous.

Occurs 20 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [צָרַע] vb. denom., only in pass., be stricken with leprosy, leprous
- Qal elsewh. as subst., = leper
- Pu. leprous

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 4:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=6) — The LORD said furthermore to him, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he…
- [Leviticus 13:44](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/13?v=44) — he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.
- [Leviticus 13:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/13?v=45) — “The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his…
- [Leviticus 14:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/14?v=2) — “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest,
- [Leviticus 14:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/14?v=3) — and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in…
- [Leviticus 22:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/22?v=4) — “‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean…
- [Numbers 5:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/5?v=2) — “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is…
- [Numbers 12:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/12?v=10) — The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and…
- [2 Samuel 3:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=29) — Let it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a…
- [2 Kings 5:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/5?v=1) — Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him…