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מַרְפֵּא

marpêʼ · H4832 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. healing

    Causative action by which humans or deities help or cause (other) humans to be restored to health or physical strength after a disease or an accident

    Examples

    Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, And healing to all their body.

    Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

    Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

  2. to heal, to restore

    Literally: healing; hence: causative action by which deities remove the consequences of evil and restore a country or nation to a state of peace and prosperity

    Examples

    2 Chronicles 36:16 but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people, until there was no remedy.

    Proverbs 6:15 Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

    Proverbs 13:17 A wicked messenger falls into adversity, But a faithful messenger brings healing.

  3. Calmness

    A state of tranquility

    Examples

    Proverbs 14:30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

    Proverbs 15:4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit.

    Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the ruler’s temper rises against you, do not abandon your place, because composure puts great offenses to rest.

How it’s used In 6 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it is said to bePredicate

7 occurrences in 3 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

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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In the other Testament 1 word
ἴασις íasis · G2392 · to heal, to cure, to make well
Greek ἴασις (íasis, G2392) specifically denotes the act or process of curing/healing, corresponding to the healing/cure sense within Hebrew מַרְפֵּא (marpêʼ, H4832), which encompasses both the healing action and the resulting state of health or soundness.
Semantic domains 3 entries
Strong002001001063
The word's sense of healing and restored health is closely tied to a return of physical strength and soundness.
Safe002003003019
The word denotes healing or a remedy, restoring a person to a safe, sound condition, as the proverb that healing comes to all the body of those who find wisdom.
Confident002001002003
The word can describe a wholesome, settled state of well-being following healing, a condition of assurance rather than ongoing affliction.
Word family 6 words

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

רָפָא râphâʼ · H7495 · to heal, to be healed · 67×מַרְפֵּאmarpêʼ · H4832תְּרָפִים tᵉrâphîym · H8655 · household idols · 15×רָפָא râphâʼ · H7496 · spirits of the dead, shades · 8×רְפֻאָה rᵉphuʼâh · H7499 · healing · 3×רִפְאוּת riphʼûwth · H7500 · healing · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4832. marpe מַרְמֵּה מַרְמֵּא, noun masculineEcc 10:4 healing, cure, health (usually…
H4832. marpe
מַרְמֵּה מַרְמֵּא, noun masculineEcc 10:4 healing, cure, health (usually figurative); — absolute מַרְמֵּא Jer 14:19 +, מַרְמֵּה Jer 8:15; construct מַרְמֵּא Pro 15:4; —
1 healing, cure, of national woes, Jer 8:15; Jer 14:19b (|| שָׁלוֺם), Jer 36:6 (+ אֲרֻכָה); especially מ לָנוּ ׳אֵין Jer 14:19a there is no cure for us, מ לְאֵין ׳עַד2Ch 36:16.
2 figurative of person, health, profit, Pro 4:22 (|| חַיִּים), Pro 12:18; Pro 13:17; Pro 16:24; with spiritual implication Malachi 3:20; מ ׳אֵין Pro 6:15 = Pro 29:1; מ ׳לֵב Pro 14:30 a mind of health (healthy, composed, mind), compare ׳מ alone = composure Ecc 10:4; ׳מ לְשׁוֺן Eccl 15:4 healing of the tongue, = a soothing tongue (Toy).
3 literally, of disease, מ ׳לְאֵין2Ch 21:18.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Strong4 occurrencesConfident3 occurrencesSafe9 occurrences

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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