צָרֶבֶת
tsârebeth · H6867 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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Scar
An area of physical damage on the body caused by a skin infection or burn
ExamplesLeviticus 13:23 “But if the bright spot remains in its place and does not spread, it is only the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Leviticus 13:28 “But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar of the burn.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מִכְוָהburn 1
- שְׁחִיןboil 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מִכְוָה mikvâh · H4348 · burn
- Hebrew noun for a burn or burning wound, refers to injury from fire or heat, semantically overlapping with צָרֶבֶת in describing burn-related conditions though מִכְוָה focuses more on the wound itself
- דַּלֶּקֶת dalleqeth · H1816 · inflammation
- Hebrew noun for inflammation or feverish condition, both terms describe inflammatory states in Levitical medical/purification contexts, though דַּלֶּקֶת may emphasize systemic fever while צָרֶבֶת focuses on localized burning inflammation
In the other Testament 1 word
- πύρωσις pýrōsis · G4451 · to burn, burning, to be on fire
- Greek term for burning or burning process, used both literally and figuratively; can serve as translation equivalent for Hebrew burning/inflammation terminology
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- צָרֶבֶת denotes a burning or scar, as of the scar of a boil that remains in its place without spreading in Leviticus 13:23, and the scar of a burn a priest must examine in Leviticus 13:28.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6867. tsarebeth [צָרָב] adjective burning, scorching (= * צַרָּב Thes and others); —…
[צָרָב] adjective burning, scorching (= * צַרָּב Thes and others); — צָרָ֑בֶת כְּאֵשׁ Pro 16:27 (simile of words.).
צָרֶ֫בֶת noun feminine scab, scar, of a sore (literally a burning, scorching); — construct הִוא הַשְּׁחִין צָרֶבֶת Lev 13:23; ׳צ הִוא הַמִּכְוָה Lev 13:28.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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