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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: ἴασις

(Strong's #2392 — Noun Feminine — iasis — ee'-as-is )

"a healing, a cure" (akin to iaomai, "to heal," and iatros, "a physician"), is used in the plural in Luke 13:32; in Acts 4:22 , "healing;" in Acts 4:30 with the preposition eis, "unto," lit., "unto healing," translated "heal." See HEALING.

B — 1: θεραπεύω

(Strong's #2323 — Verb — therapeuo — ther-ap-yoo'-o )

(Eng., "therapeutics," etc), denotes (a) primarily, "to serve" (cp. therapeia and therapon), Acts 17:25 (AV, "worshiped"); then, (b) "to heal, restore to health, to cure;" it is usually translated "to heal," but "cure" in Matthew 17:16,18; Luke 7:21; 9:1; John 5:10 , Acts 28:9 , RV. See HEAL , WORSHIP.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Cure'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​c/cure.html. 1940.
 
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