Word

θεραπεύω

therapeúō · G2323 · Greek · 43 occurrences

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Meanings

to heal, to cure, to take care of, healing

To cause someone to recover health, often with the implication of having taken care of such a person

Examples
Matthew 4:23 Jesus was going about in all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 4:24 And the news about Him spread throughout Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and severe pain, demon-possessed, people with epilepsy, and people who were paralyzed; and He healed them.
Matthew 8:7 Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
to serve, to render service, to help, service, help

To render assistance or help by performing certain duties, often of a humble or menial nature

Examples
Acts 17:25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things;

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

42 occurrences in 15 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 14
Not stated (infinitive) 7
Not stated (participle) 5
Not stated: you (more than one) 3
Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

21 occurrences in 8 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 11
νόσοςdiseased 4
μαλακίαdisease 3
πολύςmany 3
ἔχωto have 1
σεαυτοῦyourself 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

8 occurrences in 11 groups

Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐκεῖthere 1
μήnot 1
πανταχοῦeverywhere 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 4 groups

θηρίονbeast, wild animal 1
ὀχλέωto afflict 1
ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
ἀσθενήςweak 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔξεστιit is lawful, it is permitted 2

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 4 groups

δύναμαιcan 1
ἀγανακτέωto be indignant 1
ἰσχύωto be able to 1
ποιέωto do, to make 1

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

ἰάομαι iáomai · G2390 · to heal, to cure, to make well: The target term and ἰάομαι (“to cure”) both denote healing or curing in their primary senses, converging in the curative sphere; the target's sense additionally encompasses broader attendant care, while ἰάομαι focuses more narrowly on the restorative act itself.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To heal, to cure, to take care of, healing23.139: In Matthew 4:23, of Jesus it is written that He went about “teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people,” using this verb for curing the sick.
To serve, to render service, to help, service, help35.19: In Acts 17:25, Paul tells the Athenians that God is not “served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things,” using the related idea this verb also carries of rendering service or attendance.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

θεράπων therápōn · G2324 · servant · 1×θεραπεύωtherapeúō · G2323θεραπεία therapeía · G2322 · cure, healing, the household servants · 4×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἐθεράπευον; future θερπεύσω; 1 aorist ἐθεράπευσα; passive, present θεραπεύομαι;…

imperfect ἐθεράπευον; future θερπεύσω; 1 aorist ἐθεράπευσα; passive, present θεραπεύομαι; imperfect ἐθεραπευομην; perfect participle τεθεραπευμενος; 1 aorist ἐθεραπευθην; (θέραψ, equivalent to θεράπων); from Homer down;
1. to serve, do service: τινα, to one; passive, θεραπεύεται ὑπό τίνος, Acts 17:25.
2. to heal, cure, restore to health: Mt 12:10; Mk 6:5; Lk 6:7; Lk 9:6; Lk 13:14; Lk 14:3; τινα, Mt 4:24; Mt 8:7, Mt 8:16, etc.; Mk 1:34; Mk 3:10; Lk 4:23; Lk 10:9; passive, Jn 5:10; Acts 4:14; Acts 5:16, etc.; τινα ἀπό τίνος, to cure one of any disease, Lk 7:21; passive, Lk 5:15; Lk 8:2; θεραπεύειν νόσους, μαλακίαν: Mt 4:23; Mt 9:35; Mt 10:1; Mk 3:15 (R G L, Tr marginal reading in brackets); Lk 9:1; a wound, passive, Rev 13:3, Rev 13:12.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Health, Vigor, Strength42 occurrences Serve1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0