What Does Leviticus 13:12 Mean?

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“abroad”

to break forth as a bud, i.e., bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish

“abroad”

to break forth as a bud, i.e., bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish

“And if a leprosy”

leprosy

“all the skin”

skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather

“cover”

properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

“And if a leprosy”

leprosy

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the skin”

skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather

“of him that hath the plague”

a blow (figuratively, infliction); also (by implication) a spot (concretely, a leprous person or dress)

“from his head”

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“even to his foot”

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“looketh”

a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks),

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“wheresoever the priest”

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)