פָּשָׂהpâsâh
spread
Pronunciation: paw-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6581
Meanings
Qal: of leprosy and like eruptions (Leviticus 13:5; Leviticus 13:8; Leviticus 13:23)
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 13:5 On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has not changed and the problem has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days.
- Leviticus 13:6 On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person’s clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.
- Leviticus 13:7 But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.
- Leviticus 13:8 If the priest finds that the rash has spread, he must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is indeed a skin disease.
- Leviticus 13:22 If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a serious disease.
- Leviticus 13:23 But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).