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Thompson Chain Reference
• Virtue, Healing
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
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• Heal, Health
Holman Bible Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• ܐܳܣܳܐ
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• חָיָה
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HEAL, L. celo Heb. to be whole or entire, all.

1. To cure of a disease or wound and restore to soundness, or to that state of body in which the natural functions are regularly performed as, to heal the sick.

Speak, and my servant shall be healed. Matthew 8

2. To cure to remove or subdue as, to heal a disease.

3. To cause to cicatrize as, to heal a sore or wound.

4. To restore to soundness as, to heal a wounded limb.

5. To restore purity to to remove feculence or foreign matter.

Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters. 2 Kings 2

6. To remove, as differences or dissension to reconcile, as parties at variance as, to heal a breach or difference.

7. In Scripture, to forgive to cure moral disease and restore soundness.

I will heal their backsliding. Hosea 14

8. To purify from corruptions, redress grievances and restore to prosperity. Jeremiah 14

9. To cover, as a roof with tiles, slate, lead, &c.

HEAL, To grow sound to return to a sound state as, the limb heals, or the wound heals sometimes with up or over it will heal up or over.