iaomai (to heal) · Rightly

Meaning

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

How it's translated

i will heal 3
to heal 3
was healed 2
healed 2
he healed 2
having been healed 2
will be healed 1
she has been healed 1

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

Where it's used most

Luke 11
Acts 5
Matthew 4
John 3
Mark 1
Hebrews 1

8 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 8:13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Mark 5:29And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 5:17And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

All 27 verses, by book

Matthew 4: 8:8 8:13 13:15 15:28
Mark 1: 5:29
Luke 11: 4:18 5:17 6:19 7:7 8:47 9:2 9:11 9:42 14:4 17:15 22:51
John 3: 4:47 5:13 12:40
Acts 5: 3:11 9:34 10:38 28:8 28:27
Hebrews 1: 12:13
James 1: 5:16
1 Peter 1: 2:24

Greek dictionary

ἰάομαι iaomai · to heal

ἰάομαι, -ῶμαι [in LXX for רָפָא (Gen.20:17, al.), exc. Isa.30:26 61:1 (חָבַשׁ) ;] to heal: with accusative of person(s), Luk.5:17 6:19 9:2, 11 9:42 14:4 22:51, Jhn.4:47, Act.9:34 10:38 28:8; pass., Mat.8:8, 13 15:28, Luk.7:7 8:47 17:15, Jhn.5:13; id. before ἀπό᾽, Mrk.5:29, Luk.6:17; figuratively, of spiritual healing, Mat.13:15, Jhn.12:40, Act.28:27" (LXX) ; pass., Heb.12:13, Jas.5:16, 1Pe.2:24.† SYN.: θεραπεύω, q.v (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

HEAL, verb transitive

[Latin celo; Heb. to be whole or entire, all.]

To cure of a disease or wound and restore to soundness, or to that state of body in which the natural functions are regularly performed; as, to heal the sick.“Speak, and my servant shall be healed” Matthew 8:8
To cure; to remove or subdue; as, to heal a disease.
To cause to cicatrize; as, to heal a sore or wound.
To restore to soundness; as, to heal a wounded limb.

All definitions and other forms of “heal”

To restore purity to; to remove feculence or foreign matter.“Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters” 2 Kings 2:21
To remove, as differences or dissension; to reconcile, as parties at variance; as, to heal a breach or difference.
In Scripture, to forgive; to cure moral disease and restore soundness.
To purify from corruptions, redress grievances and restore to prosperity.
To cover, as a roof with tiles, slate, lead, etc.

HEAL, verb intransitive

To grow sound; to return to a sound state; as, the limb heals, or the wound heals; sometimes with up or over; it will heal up or over.

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