To cure
גָּהָהStrong’s H1455gahah (ga-hah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Gahah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will depart”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to departto be cured, healed (meton)
How it's translated
- it will depart 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hosea 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
גָּהָה gahah · to cure
1) (Qal) to depart 1a) to be cured, healed (meton)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CURE, noun
[Latin, to cure to take care, to prepare.]
- A healing; the act of healing; restoration to health from disease, and to soundness from a wound.
- Remedy for disease; restorative; that which heals.
- The employment of a curate; the care of souls; spiritual charge.
All definitions and other forms of “cure”
CURE, verb transitive
[Latin See the Noun.]
- To heal, as a person diseased or a wounded limb; to restore to health, as the body, or to soundness, as a limb.“The child was cured from that very hour” Matthew 17:18
- To subdue, remove, destroy or put an end to; to heal, as a disease.“Christ gave his disciples power to cure diseases” Luke 9:1
- To remedy; to remove an evil, and restore to a good state.
- To dry; to prepare for preservation; as, to cure hay; or to prepare by salt, or in any manner, so as to prevent speedy putrefaction; as, to cure fish or beef.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.