To serve/heal
θεραπεύωStrong’s G2323therapeuō
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.”
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
- Matthew 4:24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
- Matthew 8:7And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
- Matthew 8:16When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
- Matthew 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
- Matthew 10:1And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
- Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
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.