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Strong G2323θεραπεύω

to serve/heal

Transliteration
therapeuō
Pronunciation
ther-ap-yoo'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From the same as G2324; to wait upon menially that is (figuratively) to adore (God) or (specifically) to relieve (of disease): - cure heal worship.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G2323 appears in 43 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • heal37
  • cure4
  • be1
  • cured1
  • worship1

First verses

  1. Matthew 4:23
    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.
  2. Matthew 4:24
    And 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.
  3. Matthew 8:7
    And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
  4. Matthew 8:16
    When 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:
  5. Matthew 9:35
    And 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.
  6. Matthew 10:1
    And 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.
  7. Matthew 10:8
    Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
  8. Matthew 12:10
    And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
  9. Matthew 12:15
    But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
  10. Matthew 12:22
    Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
  11. Matthew 14:14
    And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
  12. Matthew 15:30
    And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
  13. Matthew 17:16
    And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
  14. Matthew 17:18
    And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
  15. Matthew 19:2
    And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
  16. Matthew 21:14
    And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
  17. Mark 1:34
    And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
  18. Mark 3:2
    And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
  19. Mark 3:10
    For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
  20. Mark 3:15
    And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
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θερᾰπ-εύω,
later also θᾰρᾰπεύω (which see), future -εύσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51, etc.)]:—middle, future -εύσομαι[Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 390)]: aorist ἐθεραπευσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Nicostratus Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.23.65 codices, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.295)]:—passive, future -ευθήσομαι[Refs ([prev. author] 10.617)]: future middle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.135e)]: aorist ἐθεραπεύθην [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 157b, etc.)]:—to be an attendant, do service, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.265)]:—middle, [Refs (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 390.)]
II do service to the gods, ἀθανάτους, θεοὺς θ., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 135, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.13, etc.; δαίμονα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.109)]; Διόνυσον, Μούσας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 82 (Lyric poetry), “IT” 1105 (Lyric poetry))]; θ. Φοίβου ναούς serve them, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 111 (_anapaest meter_))]: absolutely, worship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.51)]; do service or honour to one's parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 183 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467a, “Men.” 91a)]; serve, wait upon a master, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Euthphr.” 13d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 59, 1261, etc.)]; θ. τὰς θήκας reverence men's graves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469a.)]
II.2 in Prose, pay court to, [τινα] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.80, etc.)]; in bad sense, flatter, wheedle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.12)]; θ. τὸ πλῆθος, τοὺς πολλούς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] 1.9, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 34)]; conciliate, τινὰ χρημάτων δόσει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.2.8)]; τὸ θεραπεῦον,= οἱ θεραπεύοντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39)]; θ. γυναῖκα pay her attention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.18)]; also τὰς θύρας τινὸς θ. wait at a man's door,[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 8.1.6; αὐλὰς θ. καὶ σατράπας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 897)]; αὐλὰς βασιλικὰς θ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 9.63.)]
II.3 of things, consult, attend to, τὸ ξυμφέρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.56)]; ἡδονὴν θ. indulge one's love of pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.41)]; θ. τὸ παρόν look to, provide for the present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 149 (_anapaest meter_); τὸ ναυτικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65; τὴν ἄνοιξιν τῶν πυλῶν [prev. author] 4.67; θ. τοὺς καιρούς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.307)]: with infinitive, take care that.. , θ. τὸ μὴ θορυβεῖν, μὴ λείπεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61, 7.70; θ. ὅπως πολιτεύσουσι [prev. author] 1.19)]; θ. ὡς.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 4.1.)]
II.4 θ. τὸ σῶμα take care of one's person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 513d; θ. αὑτούς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Eumenes” 9; θ. τὰς τρίχας 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 4.4)]; μύροις χαίτην θ. [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 62.3; θ. τοὺς πόδας LXX.2Ki.19.24)]: with accusative et infinitive, θ. κόμην φαίνεσθαι λιπαράν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 22.)]
II.5 foster, τὴν ψυχήν, τὴν διάνοιαν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 440c, “R.” 403d)]; θ. κάδεα brood over sorrows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).8.)]
II.6 θ. ἡμέρην observe a day, keep it as a feast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.79; ἱερὰ -όμενα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.98.)]
II.7 treat medically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.47, 51; τοὺς τετρωμένους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.12; τραύματα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 89; μὴ θεραπεύειν βέλτιον· θεραπευόμενοι γὰρ ἀπόλλυνται ταχέως 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 6.38; ταύτην τὴν θεραπείαν θεραπεύσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.4; θ. νόσημα 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.28; σώματα -όμενα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 684c; ὀφθαλμούς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1102a19: _absolutely_, οἱ θεραπεύοντες 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.29 W.: _metaphorically_, ὁ κοινὸς ἰατρός σε θεραπεύσει χρόνος 4th-3rd c.BC: Philippides Comicus 32; λύπην.. οἶδε θεραπεύειν λόγος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 591; τὰ πονοῦντα μέρη τῆς νεώς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.41)]; τὰς ὑποψίας allayed, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lucullus” 22; ὑπόνοιαν 6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus in “de An.” 408.3)]; δυστυχίαν assuage it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 6.)]
II.8 of animals, train, ἵππους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 516e.)]
II.9 of land, cultivate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.12)]; of trees, train, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193; στέλεχος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.7.3.)]
II.10 prepare, dress, food or drugs, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 13.4, +others, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.76 (_passive_).)]
II.11 mend garments, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGiss.” 79iv3 (_passive_, 2nd c.AD).)]