ἰάομαι iaomai

Greek word for “to heal” · Strong’s G2390 · used 26 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

ἰάομαι, -ῶμαι; to heal: with accusative of person(s), 6:19 9:2, 11 9:42 14:4 22:51, 10:38 28:8;

How it is translated

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

• healed 10
• will heal 3
• healing 3
• heal 2
• may be healed 2
• will be healed 1
• has been healed 1
• may heal 1
• having been healed 1
• heals 1
• have been healed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 9 (3), Matthew 8 (2), Luke 6 (2), Acts 28 (2), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Mark 5 (1), Luke 5 (1), Luke 7 (1), Luke 8 (1)

Forms

• ἰάθη 4
• ἰάσατο 4
• ἰάσομαι 3
• ἰᾶσθαι 2
• ἰᾶτο 2
• ἰαθήσεται 1
• ἴαται 1
• ἰαθῆναι 1
• ἰαθήτω 1
• ἰάσηται 1

Words used with it

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

• παῖς pais “child” 4
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 6
• καμμύω kammuō “to close” 2
• βαρέως bareōs “difficultly” 2
• παχύνω pachunō “to thicken” 2
• λαός laos “a people” 4
• ἅπτω haptō “to touch” 3
• Ἰουδαία Ioudaia “Judea” 3
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 4
• ὀφθαλμός ophthalmos “eye” 3
• δύναμις dunamis “power” 3
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 4

Key verses

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

• Matthew 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
• Matthew 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes,…
• Matthew 15:28 — Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
• Luke 5:17 — And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of…
• Luke 9:2 — And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
• Luke 17:15 — And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
• John 12:40 — He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should…
• Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was…
• Acts 28:8 — And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and…
• Hebrews 12:13 — And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
• James 5:16 — Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
• 1 Peter 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

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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.