Lexicon
λέπρα
lepra
G3014
G:N-F Greek

leprosy

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Greek
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lepra denotes the affliction described as leaving a person when cleansing occurs.

The attested verses use the term for the affliction associated with a man described as full of it and with its immediate departure or cleansing after he is addressed.

Senses in use

  1. Affliction removed through cleansing · dominant

    In Luke 5:12, the genitive singular form describes a man as full of the affliction while he asks to be cleansed. The nominative singular form in Luke 5:13, Mark 1:42, and Matthew 8:3 names what departs from him or is cleansed immediately after the command to be cleansed.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “leprosy” in all four verses, presenting it as something a man can be full of and that can depart or be cleansed. Its wording confirms the verse-level presentation rather than isolating each form's exact English equivalent.

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