The corpus record

λεπρ-ός

lepros

scaly, scabby, rough

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Where it lives

Leviticus 5 · 2.67/10k
Matthew 4 · 2.23/10k
Paralipomenon II 4 · 2.03/10k
Mark 2 · 1.82/10k
Regnorum IV 3 · 1.73/10k
Luke 3 · 1.56/10k
Regnorum II 1 · 0.62/10k
Numeri 1 · 0.43/10k

What it meant

λεπρ-ός · lepr-os — LSJ

scaly, scabby, rough

scaly, scabby, rough, of places, cj. Coraës in Hp. Aër. 13, 24, etc.; so βουνὸς λ. Schwyzer 289.169 (Priene, ii B.C.); ἀκταὶ λ. Lyc. 642; Λ. ἀκτή as pr.n., Hippon. 47.

II leprous, leper, psoriasis unguium, mangy, Tannery

leprous, Thphr. CP 2.6.4, LXX Le. 13.44: as Subst., leper, Ev.Marc. 1.40, etc.; λ. ὄνυχες, prob. psoriasis unguium, Hp. Liqu. 4, Dsc. 2.114; τὸ λ., = λέπρα, ἡ, LXX 4 Ki. 5.11; ἱμάντας ἐκ λεπρῶν (sc. δερμάτων, for the toughest leather, acc. to Sch., was supposed to be made of mangy skins) Ar. Ach. 724 (but Sch. prefers ἐκ Λεπρῶν, pr. n. of a Tannery outside the walls); λ. βαυβών Herod. 6.36.

In the wild

λεπροὶ · leproi New Testament, Luke 17.12 (DIORISIS sentence 879)
λεπροὶ · leproi New Testament, Luke 4.27 (DIORISIS sentence 163)
λεπροὶ · leproi New Testament, Luke 7.22 (DIORISIS sentence 325)
λεπρὸς · lepros New Testament, Mark 1.40 (DIORISIS sentence 42)
λεπροῦ · leprou New Testament, Mark 14.3 (DIORISIS sentence 627)
λεπροὺς · leprous New Testament, Matthew 10.8 (DIORISIS sentence 336)

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