What does λεπρός (leprós) mean in the Bible?
λεπρός (leprós): Refers to ritual impurity requiring separation; in NT, Jesus' healing of lepers symbolizes restoration to community.
Greek · G3015
λεπρός
Leprous
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λεπρός G3015
Pronunciation leprós
What does λεπρός (leprós) mean in the Bible?
λεπρός (leprós): Refers to ritual impurity requiring separation; in NT, Jesus' healing of lepers symbolizes restoration to community.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3015?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] lepers (3), a leper (2), Leper (2), lepers (2).
Where does λεπρός (leprós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (4), Luke (3), Mark (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the] lepers 3× Matthew 10:8, Matthew 11:5, Luke 7:22
a leper 2× Matthew 8:2, Mark 1:40
Leper 2× Matthew 26:6, Mark 14:3
lepers 2× Luke 4:27, Luke 17:12
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 8:2 λεπρὸς to a leper Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 10:8 λεπροὺς to [the] lepers Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 11:5 λεπροὶ to [the] lepers Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 26:6 λεπροῦ to Leper Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Mark 1:40 λεπρὸς to a leper Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 14:3 λεπροῦ to Leper Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 4:27 λεπροὶ to lepers Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Luke 7:22 λεπροὶ to [the] lepers Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Luke 17:12 λεπροὶ to lepers Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:2
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 3
Matthew 4 Mark 2 Luke 3
Source forms
λεπροὶ 4x leproi Matthew 11:5, Luke 4:27, Luke 7:22, Luke 17:12
λεπρὸς 2x lepros Matthew 8:2, Mark 1:40
λεπροῦ 2x leprou Matthew 26:6, Mark 14:3
λεπροὺς 1x leprous Matthew 10:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 4x Matthew 11:5, Luke 4:27, Luke 7:22, Luke 17:12
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 26:6, Mark 14:3
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 8:2, Mark 1:40
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 10:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Refers to ritual impurity requiring separation; in NT, Jesus' healing of lepers symbolizes restoration to community.
Strong's G3015
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 4 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
leprous
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Refers to ritual impurity requiring separation; in NT, Jesus' healing of lepers symbolizes restoration to community.
(λεπίς), [in LXX for צָרַע ;]
1(in cl.) scaly, rough.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:2 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
λεπρὸς leprov
a leper
Read verse Matthew 10:8 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
λεπροὺς leprouv
a leper
Read verse Matthew 11:5 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
λεπροὶ leproi
a leper
Read verse Matthew 26:6 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
λεπροῦ, leprou
a leper
Read verse Mark 1:40 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
λεπρός, leprov
a leper
Read verse Mark 14:3 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
λεπροῦ, leprou
a leper
Read verse Luke 4:27 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
λεπροὶ leproi
a leper
Read verse Luke 7:22 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
λεπροὶ leproi
a leper
Read verse Luke 17:12 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
λεπροὶ leproi
a leper
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Nominative (6) Number pattern Plural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 11:5 · Luke 4:27 · Luke 7:22 · Luke 17:12 4×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:2 · Mark 1:40 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 26:6 · Mark 14:3 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:8 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 5:12–16 λεπρὸς leprós
Leprous, afflicted with skin disease
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
λεπρός is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain