Topic
Heal
29 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 12:13ISBE
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
- Deuteronomy 32:39ISBE
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
- 2 Kings 2:21ISBE
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
- 2 Kings 2:22ISBE
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
- 2 Kings 20:5–8ISBE
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. And I will add…
- 2 Chronicles 7:14ISBE
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 30:20ISBE
And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
- Psalms 6:2ISBE
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
- Psalms 41:4ISBE
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
- Ecclesiastes 3:3ISBE
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
- Isaiah 3:7ISBE
In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.
- Isaiah 19:22ISBE
And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Show 17 more
- Jeremiah 3:22 ISBE
- Jeremiah 6:14 ISBE
- Jeremiah 8:11 ISBE
- Jeremiah 17:14 ISBE
- Jeremiah 30:17 ISBE
- Ezekiel 30:21 ISBE
- Matthew 13:15 ISBE
- Matthew 15:28 ISBE
- Mark 5:23 ISBE
- Luke 5:17 ISBE
- Luke 7:3 ISBE
- Luke 8:36 ISBE
- John 4:47 ISBE
- John 12:40 ISBE
- Acts 4:22 ISBE
- Acts 4:30 ISBE
- Acts 14:9 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 29 references
hel (rapha'; therapeuo, iaomai, diasozo): The English word is connected with the Anglo-Saxon hoelan, and is used in several senses:
(1) Lit., in its meaning of making whole or well, as in Ec 3:3. In this way it occurs in prayers for restoration to health (Nu 12:13; Ps 6:2; Jer 17:14); and also in declarations as to God's power to restore to health (De 32:39; 2Ki 20:5-8).
(2) Metaphorically it is applied to the restoration of the soul to spiritual health and to the repair of the injuries caused by sin (Ps 41:4; Jer 30:17).
(3) The restoration and deliverance of the afflicted land is expressed by it in 2Ch 7:14; Isa 19:22.
(4) It is applied to the forgiveness of sin (Jer 3:22).
In the New Testament, therapeuo is used 10 times in describing our Lord's miracles, and is translated "heal." Iaomai is used to express spiritual healing (Mt 13:15; Lu 5:17; Joh 12:40), and also of curing bodily disease (Joh 4:47). Diasozo, meaning "to heal thoroughly," is used in Lu 7:3 the King James Version where the Revised Version (British and American) renders it "save." The act of healing is called iasis twice, in Ac 4:22,30; sozo, to save or deliver, is translated "made whole" by the Revised Version (British and American) in Mr 5:23; Lu 8:36; Ac 14:9, but is "healed" in the King James Version. Conversely "made whole" the King James Version in Mt 15:28 is replaced by "healed" in the Revised Version (British and American).
Healed is used 33 times in the Old Testament as the rendering of the same Hebrew word, and in the same variety of senses. It is also used of purification for an offense or breach of the ceremonial law (2Ch 30:20); and to express the purification of water which had caused disease (2Ki 2:21,22). Figuratively, the expression "healed slightly" (the English Revised Version "lightly") is used to describe the futile efforts of the false prophets and priests to remedy the backsliding of Israel (Jer 6:14; 8:11); here the word for "slightly" is the contemptuous term, qalal, which means despicably or insignificantly. In Eze 30:21, the word "healed" is the rendering of the feminine passive participle, rephu'ah and is better translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "apply healing medicines." In the New Testament "healed" usually occurs in connection with the miracles of our Lord and the apostles. Here it is worthy of note that Luke more frequently uses the verb iaomai than therapeuo, in the proportion of 17 to 4, while in Matthew and Mark the proportion is 4 to 8.
Healer (chabhash) occurs once in Isa 3:7; the word literally means a "wrapper up" or "bandager."
Alexander Macalister
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.