Heal, Healing

1. therapeuo
2. iaomai
3. sozo
4. diasozo

1. therapeia
2. iama
3. iasis

therapeuo primarily signifies "to serve as a therapon, and attendant;" then, "to care for the sick, to treat, cure, heal" (Eng., "therapeutics"). It is chiefly used in Matthew and Luke, once in John (John_5:10), and, after the Acts, only Rev_13:3,12. See CURE.

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iaomai "to heal," is used
(a) of physical treatment 22 times; in Matt_15:28, AV, "made whole," RV, "healed;" so in Acts_9:34;
(b) figuratively, of spiritual "healing," Matt_13:15; John_12:40; Acts 28;27; Heb_12:13; 1_Pet_2:24; possibly, James_5:16 includes both A2(a) and A2(b); some mss. have the word, with sense A2(b), in Luke_4:18. Apart from this last, Luke, the physician, uses the word fifteen times. See WHOLE.

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sozo "to save," is translated by the verb "to heal" in the AV of Mark_5:23; Luke_8:36 (RV, "to make whole;" so AV frequently); the idea is that of saving from disease and its effects. See SAVE.

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diasozo "to save thoroughly" (dia, "through," and sozo), is translated "heal" in Luke_7:3, AV (RV, "save"). See ESCAPE.

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therapeia akin to therapeuo, primarily denotes "care, attention," Luke_12:42 (see HOUSEHOLD); then, "medical service, healing" (Eng., "therapy"), Luke_9:11; Rev_22:2, of the effects of the leaves of the tree of life, perhaps here with the meaning "health."

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iama akin to iaomai, formerly signified "a means of healing;" in the NT, "a healing" (the result of the act), used in the plural, in 1_Cor_12:9,28,30, RV, "healings;" of Divinely imparted gifts in the churches in apostolic times.

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iasis akin to iaomai, stresses the process as reaching completion, Luke_13:32, "cures," of the acts of Christ in the days of His flesh; Acts_4:22,30, "to heal," lit. 'unto healing.'

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