θεραπεύω therapeuō

Greek word for “to serve/heal” · Strong’s G2323 · used 43 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

θεραπεύω; 1. to do service, serve: with accusative of person(s), pass..;

How it is translated

Glosses given for therapeuō in context, with how often each is used:

• healed 24
• healing 5
• heal 4
• do heal 3
• will heal 2
• heal? 1
• heals 1
• cured 1
• do be healed 1
• served 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 12 (3), Matthew 4 (2), Matthew 8 (2), Matthew 10 (2), Matthew 17 (2), Mark 3 (2), Mark 6 (2), Luke 4 (2), Luke 6 (2), Luke 8 (2)

Forms

• ἐθεράπευσεν 13
• θεραπεῦσαι 3
• ἐθεραπεύθη 3
• ἐθεραπεύοντο 3
• θεραπεύων 2
• θεραπεύειν 2
• θεραπεύετε 2
• θεραπεύσω 1
• θεραπεύσει 1
• ἐθεράπευον 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with therapeuō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• νόσος nosos “illness” 8
• πολύς polus “much” 11
• δαιμόνιον daimonion “demon” 6
• σάββατον sabbaton “Sabbath” 6
• μαλακία malakia “sickness” 3
• ἐκβάλλω ekballō “to expel” 5
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 6
• ἀκάθαρτος akathartos “unclean” 4
• ἄρρωστος arrōstos “ill” 3
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 7
• προσφέρω prospherō “to bring to” 4
• τυφλός tuphlos “blind” 4

Key verses

The verses using therapeuō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:23 — And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of…
• Matthew 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were…
• Matthew 10:1 — And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all…
• Matthew 12:22 — Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
• Matthew 15:30 — And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he…
• Luke 8:2 — And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
• Luke 8:43 — And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
• Luke 9:1 — Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
• Luke 10:9 — And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
• Luke 13:14 — And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in…
• Acts 17:25 — Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
• Revelation 13:3 — And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.