"leprous; a leper, Mt. 8:2; 10:8"
Definition and meaning
leprous; a leper, Mt. 8:2; 10:8
In the original Greek the word is written: λεπρός
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of lepros (G3015) across the King James Bible.
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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.
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.
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
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Common questions
Strong's G3015 (lepros) is a Greek word that means: leprous; a leper, Mt. 8:2; 10:8 It appears 9 times in the King James Bible.
The word lepros (G3015) appears 9 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3015 is lepros, a Greek word defined as: leprous; a leper, Mt. 8:2; 10:8. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
lepros is a Greek word found in the New Testament.