גָּהָה
gâhâh · H1455 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to heal
Causative process by which someone causes a wound to be healed
ExamplesHosea 5:13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his sore, Ephraim then went to Assyria And sent word to King Jareb. But he is unable to heal you, Or to cure you of your sore.
How it’s used In 4 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָזוֹרsore 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִןfrom+ כֶםyou 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לֹאnot 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
- רָפָא râphâʼ · H7495 · to heal, to be healed
- The primary Hebrew verb for 'to heal' (both physical and metaphorical), directly synonymous with גָּהָה in the sense of curing disease or restoring health
Contrasting words 2 words
- נָכָה nâkâh · H5221 · to hit, to beat, to strike
- To strike or afflict with disease/injury stands as the lexical opposite of curing; one inflicts harm while the other removes it
- חָלָה châlâh · H2470 · to be, become weak, to be, become powerless, to be sick
- To become sick/ill is the opposite state-change from being cured; one denotes the onset of disease while the other denotes its removal
In the other Testament 2 words
- θεραπεύω therapeúō · G2323 · to heal, to cure, to take care of
- Standard Greek verb for 'to heal, cure' used throughout LXX and NT, direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew concept of curing/healing disease
- ἰάομαι iáomai · G2390 · to heal, to cure, to make well
- Greek verb for 'to heal, cure' commonly used in LXX to translate Hebrew healing terminology, synonymous with θεραπεύω as a translation equivalent
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Strong002001001063
- גָּהָה denotes healing or curing, restoring strength to an ailing body, as in Hosea 5:13's statement that Assyria is unable to cure Ephraim's sore.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1455. gahah [גָּהָה] verb depart, i.e. be cured, healed (subject wound) (compare Aramaic…
[גָּהָה] verb depart, i.e. be cured, healed (subject wound) (compare Aramaic be freed (from guilt, pain, disease, etc.), Aph`el set free, also become free) מָזוֺר מִכֶּם ולאיִֿגְהֶה Hos 5:13.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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