בֹּהֶרֶת bôhereth

Meaning

a whitish spot on the skin

In the King James Version: bright spot.

Derivation: feminine active participle of the same as H925 (בָּהִיר);

Where it is used

• Leviticus 13:2 “When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
• Leviticus 13:4 If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
• Leviticus 13:19 and a white swelling or a reddish-white spot develops where the boil was, he must present himself to the priest.
• Leviticus 13:23 But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
• Leviticus 13:24 When there is a burn on someone’s skin and the raw area of the burn becomes reddish-white or white,
• Leviticus 13:25 the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.
• Leviticus 13:26 But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.
• Leviticus 13:28 But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.
• Leviticus 13:38 When a man or a woman has white spots on the skin,
• Leviticus 13:39 the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.
• Leviticus 14:56 and for a swelling, rash, or spot,