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To serve/heal

θεραπεύωStrong’s G2323

therapeuō

Appears in 43 verses of the New Testament

In short

Therapeuō is the Greek word usually translated “healed”, “heal” and “were healed”. It appears in 43 verses of the New Testament.

“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.”
Matthew 4:23 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “healed”, “heal” and “were healed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • he healed 11
  • to heal 6
  • healed 4
  • were healed 4
  • healing 3
  • do heal 3
  • was healed 3
  • to be healed 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 16
  • Luke 13
  • Mark 6
  • Acts 5
  • Revelation 2
  • John 1

6 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

θεραπεύω therapeuō · to serve/heal

θεραπεύω [in LXX for יָשַׁב, etc. ;] 1. to do service, serve: with accusative of person(s), pass., Act.17:25. 2. As medical term, to treat (MM, Exp., xv), cure, heal: Mat.12:10, Mrk.6:5, Luk.6:7, al.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.4:24, Mrk.1:34, al.; before ἀπό, Luk.5:15 6:18 7:21 8:2, 43; θ. νόσον (μαλακίαν), Mat.4:23, al SYN: ἰάομαι (see Field, Notes, 60; MM, Exp., l.with) (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “healed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HE'ALED, participle passive

Restored to a sound state.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.