H4348 - מִכְוָה (mikvâh)

H4348 מִכְוָה (mikvâh) mik-vaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

burn

Strong's Definition

a burn

Derivation: from H3554 (כָּוָה);

KJV Usage: that burneth, burning.

TWOT Reference: 961c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) burnt spot, burn scar

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

burnt spot, burn scar

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִכְוָה mikvâh BDB Definition: 1) burnt spot, burn scar Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3554 Same Word by TWOT Number: 961c Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (3)

13:24 13:25 13:28

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 13:28

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....