בֹּהֶרֶתbôhereth
brightness, bright spot, of eruption on skin (Leviticus 13:2; Leviticus 14:56; Leviticus 13:38; Leviticus 13:39; Leviticus 13:24)
Pronunciation: bo-heh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H934
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 13:2 “If anyone has a swelling or a rash or discolored skin that might develop into a serious skin disease, that person must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons.
- Leviticus 13:4 “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:19 but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.
- 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.
- Leviticus 13:24 “If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,
- Leviticus 13:25 the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.
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).