36 occurrences in 12 translations

'Leper' in the Bible

Then the Lord said to him again, Put your hand inside your clothing. And he put his hand inside his robe: and when he took it out it was like the hand of a leper, as white as snow.

Verse ConceptsSnowMiracles Of Moses And AaronWhite Spots

If a man has on his skin a growth or a mark or a white place, and it becomes the disease of a leper, let him be taken to Aaron the priest, or to one of the priests, his sons;

Verse ConceptsLaw, OtHuman SkinBlemished People

And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsHairsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairHairAbscess

And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.

Verse ConceptsSpreading

When the disease of a leper is seen on a man, let him be taken to the priest;

And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper.

Verse ConceptsLiving Things

The priest is to see it: and if the hair on the bright place is turned white and it seems to go deeper than the skin, he is a leper: it has come out in the burn, and the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.

Verse ConceptsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite Hair

But if, on his head or on his brow, where he has no hair, there is a red and white place, it is the disease of the leper coming out on his head or on his brow.

Verse ConceptsWhite SpotsRed Parts Of The Body

Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper;

Verse ConceptsWhite SpotsRed Parts Of The Body

He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head.

Verse ConceptsLeprosy

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthPurity, Nature OfVeilsQuarantiningCovering HeadsFacial Hair

This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Tasks In Nt Times

And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningOutside The CampInspectingHealing Lepers

“But if the cleansed leper is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil,

Verse ConceptsMale AnimalsBeing PoorEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsOther Volume Measures

This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.

Verse ConceptsBeing PoorHealing Lepers

To make clear when it is unclean and when it is clean: this is the law about the disease of the leper.

Verse ConceptsClean And Uncleanmold

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

Verse ConceptsLeprosySkinSemenDischargesRules About Corpses

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

Verse ConceptsHealingLeprosyQuarantiningQuarantineDischarges

And the cloud was moved from over the Tent; and straight away Miriam became a leper, as white as snow: and Aaron, looking at Miriam, saw that she was a leper.

Verse ConceptsBodydiseasesMiracles, Nature OfSnowAaron, PrivilegesMiracles Bringing God's JudgmentWhite HairDisease

Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

Verse ConceptsLeprosyBodyLackWeakness, PhysicalNo FoodDischargesWithout Strength

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

Verse ConceptsCommanderKingdomsLeprosyOccupationsSoldierssyriaarmy

And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyHealing Lepersgays

But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?

Verse ConceptsLiteracyGod Giving LifeGod KillingThose Who Tore ClothesGod In Relation To ManGod KillsMan's Relation To God

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodPride, Examples OfAnger, Sinful ExamplesStretching OutWaving The HandAngry People

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesLeprosySnowWhiteAfflictions Of The Wicked, Examples OfMiracles Of ElishaWhite HairDiseaseGreed

And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesQuarantiningHealingOutcastsQuarantine

And Azariah, the chief priest, and all the priests, looking at him, saw the mark of the leper on his brow, and they sent him out quickly and he himself went out straight away, for the Lord's punishment had come on him.

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesHoliness,  Worldly SeparationLonelinessHygieneQuarantine

So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.

Verse ConceptsTombs

For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;We all wither and decay like a leaf,And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].

Verse ConceptsCoolFilthinessImperfection, Influence OfJustification, Necessity OfRagsRighteousness, As FaithSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfSanctification, Nature And BasisSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSin, Effects OfThe Sin NatureHelplessnessThe Frailty Of ManSalvation Not By WorksClothed With RighteousnessPeople WitheredPeople Being UncleanMenstruationRighteousnessGarmentsJustification Is Not By Works

And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsChrist Willing

And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHeadsHospitality, Examples OfMealsOintmentPerfumeA Broken WomanTablesWitnessing, Approaches ToRecreationHospitality Towards ChristBoxesBreaking ContainersReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensiveReceiving Jesus As A Guest

And there was also many a leper in Israel in the time of the Prophet Elisha, and yet not one of them was cleansed, but Naaman the Syrian was."

Verse ConceptsLeprosyPredestination, Of PersonsRelations With ForeignersOnly One PersonHealing LepersIndividual ProphetsMany In IsraelTimes Of Peoplesyria

And it came about that while he was in one of the towns, there was a leper there: and when he saw Jesus he went down on his face in prayer to him, saying, Lord, if it is your pleasure, you have power to make me clean.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsProstrationBowing Before MessiahChrist Willing

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Leper (36 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain

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