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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
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Cure; Cures
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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kūr : Represents the words גּהה , gāhāh , מרפא , marpē' , רפה , rāphāh ; θεραπεύω , therapeúō , ἴασις , ı́asis ̌ . Gāhāh in Proverbs 17:22 translated "medicine" means properly the removal of a bandage from a healed wound, and, is used figuratively in Hosea 5:13; marpē' , "healing," is used in the sense of deliverance of the city in Jeremiah 33:6; with a negative particle in 2 Chronicles 21:18 it is used to describe the bowel disease of Jehoram as incurable. The Greek words are used of physical cures ( iasis in Luke 13:32 ) as contradistinguished from the casting out of demons as Matthew 17:16; Luke 7:21; John 5:10 . Cure is only used in the New Testament in the sense of physical healing; in the Old Testament usually in the sense of spiritual or national deliverance from danger.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Cure; Cures'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/c/cure-cures.html. 1915.
