Heal, Healing
Heal, Healing
primarily signifies “to serve as a therapon, and attendant;” then, “to care for the sick, to treat, cure, heal” (Eng., “therapeutics”). It is chiefly used in Matthew and Luke, once in John (Joh 5:10), and, after the Acts, only Rev 13:3, Rev 13:12. See CURE.
“to heal,” is used (a) of physical treatment 22 times; in Mat 15:28, AV, “made whole,” RV, “healed;” so in Act 9:34; (b) figuratively, of spiritual “healing,” Mat 13:15; Joh 12:40; Act 28:27; Heb 12:13; 1Pe 2:24; possibly, Jam 5:16 includes both (a) and (b); some mss. have the word, with sense (b), in Luk 4:18. Apart from this last, Luke, the physician, uses the word fifteen times. See WHOLE.
“to save,” is translated by the verb “to heal” in the AV of Mar 5:23; Luk 8:36 (RV, “to make whole;” so AV frequently); the idea is that of saving from disease and its effects. See SAVE.
“to save thoroughly” (dia, “through,” and No. 3), is translated “heal” in Luk 7:3, AV (RV, “save”). See ESCAPE.
akin to A, No. 1, primarily denotes “care, attention,” Luk 12:42 (see HOUSEHOLD); then, “medical service, healing” (Eng., “therapy”), Luk 9:11; Rev 22:2, of the effects of the leaves of the tree of life, perhaps here with the meaning “health.”
akin to A, No. 2, formerly signified “a means of healing;” in the NT, “a healing” (the result of the act), used in the plural, in 1Co 12:9, 1Co 12:28, 1Co 12:30, RV, “healings;” of Divinely imparted gifts in the churches in apostolic times.
akin to A, No. 2, stresses the process as reaching completion, Luk 13:32, “cures,” of the acts of Christ in the days of His flesh; Act 4:22, Act 4:30, “to heal,” lit. ‘unto healing.’