Strong G2390ἰάομαι
to heal
- Transliteration
- iaomai
- Pronunciation
- ee-ah'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to cure (literally or figuratively): - heal make whole.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G2390 appears in 28 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heal24
- healed2
- let1
- make1
- maketh1
- whole1
First verses
- Matthew 8:8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
- 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 Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
- Luke 6:17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
- Luke 6:19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
- Luke 7:7Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
- Luke 8:47And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
- Luke 9:2And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
- Luke 9:11And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
- Luke 9:42And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
- Luke 14:4And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
- Luke 17:15And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
- Luke 22:51And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.
- John 4:47When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
- John 5:13And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
- John 12:40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἰάομαι,
imperative ἰῶ (see. below), Ionic dialect infinitive ἰᾶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 24 (ἰῆσθαι variant in [prev. author] “Morb.Sacr.” 13), 5th c.AD: Cypria ἰ)]jᾶσθαι [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.3 H)].: future ἰάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1107, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.69)]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἰήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.525, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 13, (ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.6)]: aorist ἰασάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1072, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89a)]; Ionic dialect ἰησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.899, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 2:)] —passive (see. below). [ῑ- in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; also ῐ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 597])]:—heal, cure, in present and imperfect, attempt to cure, treat, of persons or bodies, etc., τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134, etc.; τοὺς κάμνοντας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 299a, compare 293b; ὀφθαλμόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.525; τὸ σῶμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1210: _absolutely_, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.520, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.899: proverbial, ὁ τρώσας ἰάσεται “Mantissa Proverbiorum” 2.28.)]
2 cure. treat, of diseases, νόσους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.46, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 597, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 340e, “Chrm.” 156b, etc.; σμύρνῃσι ἰ. τὰ ἕλκεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.181)]: metaphorically, remedy, δύσγνοιαν, ἀδικίαν ἰᾶσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1107, “Or.” 650; ἀτυχίας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.101; δωροδόκημα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.69; ἀσάφειαν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 1.3: proverbial, μὴ τῷ κακῷ τὸ κακὸν ἰῶ)], i.e. do not make bad worse, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.65; μὴ κακοῖς ἰῶ κακά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 349; κακοῖς ὅταν θέλωσιν ἰᾶσθαι κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 77: _absolutely_, οὔτε τι γὰρ κλαίων ἰήσομαι 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 13.)]
3 cure the effects of, counteract, ἄκρατος ἰ. τὸ κώνειον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.653a.)]
4 repair, τὸ βλαβέν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 933e; τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην [prev. author] “Smp.” 191d; θυσιαστήριον LXX.1Ki.18.32; δίκελλαν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 27.3.)]
II active only aorist 1 ἰάσαμεν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.453)]; participle ἰάσαντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1236:)]aorist ἰάθην is always passive, be healed, recover, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.330 (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator), “IG” 4.951.113(Epid.), etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν νόσων NT.Luke.6.17)]; Ionic dialect ἰήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.3, “Int.” 1)]: future ἰαθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 14, “Geoponica” 12.25.3, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.377; ἰάσομαι 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.317 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: perfect ἴᾱμαι [NT (NT.Mark.5.29.)]
imperative ἰῶ (see. below), Ionic dialect infinitive ἰᾶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 24 (ἰῆσθαι variant in [prev. author] “Morb.Sacr.” 13), 5th c.AD: Cypria ἰ)]jᾶσθαι [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.3 H)].: future ἰάσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1107, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.69)]; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἰήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.525, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 13, (ἐξ-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 1.6)]: aorist ἰασάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1072, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89a)]; Ionic dialect ἰησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.899, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 2:)] —passive (see. below). [ῑ- in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]; also ῐ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 597])]:—heal, cure, in present and imperfect, attempt to cure, treat, of persons or bodies, etc., τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.134, etc.; τοὺς κάμνοντας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 299a, compare 293b; ὀφθαλμόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.525; τὸ σῶμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1210: _absolutely_, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.520, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.899: proverbial, ὁ τρώσας ἰάσεται “Mantissa Proverbiorum” 2.28.)]
2 cure. treat, of diseases, νόσους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.46, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 597, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 340e, “Chrm.” 156b, etc.; σμύρνῃσι ἰ. τὰ ἕλκεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.181)]: metaphorically, remedy, δύσγνοιαν, ἀδικίαν ἰᾶσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1107, “Or.” 650; ἀτυχίας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.101; δωροδόκημα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.69; ἀσάφειαν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 1.3: proverbial, μὴ τῷ κακῷ τὸ κακὸν ἰῶ)], i.e. do not make bad worse, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.53, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.65; μὴ κακοῖς ἰῶ κακά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 349; κακοῖς ὅταν θέλωσιν ἰᾶσθαι κακά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 77: _absolutely_, οὔτε τι γὰρ κλαίων ἰήσομαι 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 13.)]
3 cure the effects of, counteract, ἄκρατος ἰ. τὸ κώνειον [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.653a.)]
4 repair, τὸ βλαβέν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 933e; τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην [prev. author] “Smp.” 191d; θυσιαστήριον LXX.1Ki.18.32; δίκελλαν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Declamationes” 27.3.)]
II active only aorist 1 ἰάσαμεν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.453)]; participle ἰάσαντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1236:)]aorist ἰάθην is always passive, be healed, recover, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.9, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.330 (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator), “IG” 4.951.113(Epid.), etc.; ἀπὸ τῶν νόσων NT.Luke.6.17)]; Ionic dialect ἰήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.3, “Int.” 1)]: future ἰαθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 14, “Geoponica” 12.25.3, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 10.377; ἰάσομαι 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.317 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: perfect ἴᾱμαι [NT (NT.Mark.5.29.)]