adjective
lepros
Strong’sG3015
a leper
stem lepr-9 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
λεπρός, -ά, -όν
(< λεπίς), [in LXX for צָרוּעַ, מְצֹרָע;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3015 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlep-ros'
scaly, i.e. leprous (a leper)
Fromfrom the same as G3014;
King Jamesleper.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
scaly, scabby, rough, of places, conjecture Coraës in Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀκταὶ λ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; Λ. ἀκτή as proper name, Refs 6th c.BC+
II leprous, LXX+4th c.BC+: as substantive, leper, NT; λ. ὄνυχες, probably psoriasis unguium, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ λ., = λέπρα, ἡ, LXX; ἱμάντας ἐκ λεπρῶν (i.e. δερμάτων, for the toughest leather, accusative to Scholia, was supposed to be made of mangy skins) Refs 5th c.BC+, proper name of a “Tannery” outside the walls); λ. βαυβών Refs 3rd c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lepros2×λεπρὸς | lepras | leprem | leprois4×λεπροὶ | leprais | lepreim |
| object accusative | lepron | lepran | leproin1×λεπροὺς | leprain | ||
| direct address vocative | lepror | leprar | leproir | leprair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | leprou2×λεπροῦ | leprau | lepreu | leproiu | lepraiu | lepreiu |
| to, for dative | lepro | lepra | lepre | leproi | leprai | leprei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lepr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
lepros“leper”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 8:2kai idou lepros prosercharantos proskunate auto legarōntos; Kurior, ean …Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying …
Mark 1:40Kai erchotō pros auton lepros parakalarōntos auton kai gonupetarōntos legarōntos auto …Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his …
leprou“leper”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 26:6… en Bēthania en oikia Simōnou tou leprou,… in the home of Simon the Leper,
Mark 14:3… Bēthania en ta oikia Simōnou tou leprou katakeiorōntou autou erchata gunaikas echarōntas alabastran …… in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster …
leprois“lepers”subjectnominative plural4×
Matthew 11:5tuflois anablepalō kai chōlois peripatalō, leprois katharizolō kai kōfois akoualō, kai nekrois …… receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the …
Luke 4:27kai pollois leprois ale en to Israēl epi Elisaiosou …And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of …
Luke 7:22… kai akouava; tuflois anablepalō, chōlois peripatalō, leprois katharizolō, kōfois akoualō, nekrois egerolō, ptōchois …… receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the …
Luke 17:12… autou eis tinan kōman apantala deka leprois androis, hois stēala porrōthen,… villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
leproin“lepers”objectaccusative plural1×
Matthew 10:8asthenarōntoin therapeuavōr, nekroin egeravōr, leproin katharizavōr, daimoneim ekbalavōr; dōreōs labava, dōreōs …… sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have …