King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3015
Transliteration: lepros
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: scaly, leprous
Meaning: scaly, leprous
λεπρός, λεπροῦ, ὁ (as if for λεπερος, from λεπίς, λεπος, λεπρεος, τό, a scale, husk, bark);
Word Summary
lepros: scaly, leprous
Original Word: λεπρόςTransliteration: lepros
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: scaly, leprous
Meaning: scaly, leprous
Strong's Concordance
leper. From the same as lepra; scaly, i.e. Leprous (a leper) -- leper.
see GREEK lepra
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3015: λεπρόςλεπρός, λεπροῦ, ὁ (as if for λεπερος, from λεπίς, λεπος, λεπρεος, τό, a scale, husk, bark);
1. in Greek writings scaly, rough.
2. specifically, leprous, affected with leprosy (the Sept. several times for מְצֹרָע and צָרוּעַ ; (Theophrastus, c., p. 2, 6, 4) see λέπρα): Matthew 8:2; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Mark 1:40; Luke 4:27; Luke 7:22; Luke 17:12; of one ((Simon)) who had formerly been a leper, Matthew 26:6; Mark 14:3.