מַרְפֵּא marpe
Hebrew word for “healing” · Strong’s H4832 · used 16 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) health, healing, cure; 1a) healing, cure; 1b) health, profit, sound (of mind); 1c) healing; 1c1) incurable (with negative)
How it is translated
Glosses given for marpe in context, with how often each is used:
- healing 12
- will be healing 2
- health 1
- calmness 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 8 | 1.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Chronicles 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 36 (1), Proverbs 4 (1), Proverbs 6 (1), Proverbs 12 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Proverbs 14 (1), Proverbs 15 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Proverbs 29 (1)
Forms
- מרפא 12
- ומרפא 3
- מרפה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with marpe more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 6
- בְּעָתָה beatah “terror” 2
- פֶּתַע peta “suddenness” 2
- שָׁלוֹם shalom “peace” 3
- קָוָה qavah “to await” 2
- חַי chay “alive” 3
- עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 2
- לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 2
- שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 2
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 3
- מַלְאָךְ maleakh “messenger” 2
- בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 2
Key verses
The verses using marpe that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 — But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was…
- Proverbs 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Proverbs 13:17 — A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
- Proverbs 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
- Proverbs 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
- Proverbs 16:24 — Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Proverbs 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 — If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
- Jeremiah 8:15 — We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
- Jeremiah 14:19 — Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no…
- Jeremiah 33:6 — Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Malachi 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
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.