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Greek verb · G2323

θεραπεύω

therapeuother-ap-yoo'-o

to do service, serve; As medical term, to treat (MM

43 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: therapeúō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2323is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 23
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2323

to wait upon menially, i.e. (figuratively) to adore (God), or (specially) to relieve (of disease)

The King James renders it: cure, heal, worship.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

therapeuo is rendered "to do service, serve; As medical term, to treat (MM". It stands 43 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Sixteen of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to do service, serve".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.

The first use

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 4:23θεραπεύων

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Sixteen of the word's forty-three uses are in Matthew.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to do service, serve, and As medical term, to treat (MM.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to do service, servewith accusative of person(s), pass., Act.17:25.Tagged as
  • healed4
  • were healed4
  • do heal3
  • healing3
  • was healed3
  • cured1
  • do be healed1
  • He was healing1

and 4 more, 24 uses in all

WhereActs 17:25Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything…
As medical term, to treat (MMTagged as
  • He healed11
  • to heal5
  • to be healed2
  • He heals1
WhereMatthew 4:24News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

θεραπείαtherapeiaserviceUses3
θεράπωνtheraponservantUses1

The words it stands beside

All 43, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

23 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἐθεράπευσεν13
  • ἐθεραπεύθη3
  • ἐθεραπεύοντο3
  • θεραπεύειν2
  • θεραπεύετε2
  • θεραπεῦσαι2
  • θεραπεύων2
  • ἐθεράπευεν1
  • ἐθεραπεύθησαν1
  • ἐθεράπευον.¶1
  • θεραπεύει1
  • θεραπεύεσθαι1

and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular13V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-AAN
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-API-3S
  • verb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-IPI-3P
  • verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural2V-PAM-2P
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
  • verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-APN
  • verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-FAI-1S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S

Matthew

sixteen uses
  • Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

    Matthew 4:23

    • θεραπεύωνtherapeuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: healing
  • News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

    Matthew 4:24

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • “I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

    Matthew 8:7

    • θεραπεύσωtherapeusoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will heal
  • When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

    Matthew 8:16

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

    Matthew 9:35

    • θεραπεύωνtherapeuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: healing
  • And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.

    Matthew 10:1

    • θεραπεύεινtherapeueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to heal
  • Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

    Matthew 10:8

    • θεραπεύετεtherapeueteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do heal
  • and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

    Matthew 12:10

    • θεραπεῦσαιtherapeusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to heal
  • Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,

    Matthew 12:15

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

    Matthew 12:22

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

    Matthew 14:14

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: healed
  • Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.

    Matthew 15:30

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not heal him.”

    Matthew 17:16

    • θεραπεῦσαι.¶therapeusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to heal
  • Then Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed from that moment.

    Matthew 17:18

    • ἐθεραπεύθηetherapeutheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was healed
  • Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.

    Matthew 19:2

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

    Matthew 21:14

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed

Mark

five uses
  • And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

    Mark 1:34

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

    Mark 3:2

    • θεραπεύσειtherapeuseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will heal
  • For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

    Mark 3:10

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

    Mark 6:5

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.

    Mark 6:13

    • ἐθεράπευον.¶etherapeuonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were healing

Luke

fourteen uses
  • Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”

    Luke 4:23

    • θεράπευσονtherapeusonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do heal
  • At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

    Luke 4:40

    • ἐθεράπευενetherapeuenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was healing
  • But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

    Luke 5:15

    • θεραπεύεσθαιtherapeuesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be healed
  • Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

    Luke 6:7

    • θεραπεύειtherapeueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He heals
  • They had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases, and those troubled by unclean spirits were healed.

    Luke 6:18

    • ἐθεραπεύοντοetherapeuontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were healed
  • At that very hour Jesus healed many people of their diseases, afflictions, and evil spirits, and He gave sight to many who were blind.

    Luke 7:21

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He healed
  • as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

    Luke 8:2

    • τεθεραπευμέναιtetherapeumenaiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: cured
  • including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.

    Luke 8:43

    • θεραπευθῆναιtherapeuthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be healed
  • Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and power to cure diseases.

    Luke 9:1

    • θεραπεύεινtherapeueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to heal
  • So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

    Luke 9:6

    • θεραπεύοντεςtherapeuontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: healing
  • Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’

    Luke 10:9

    • θεραπεύετεtherapeueteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do heal
  • But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

    Luke 13:14

    • ἐθεράπευσενetherapeusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: healed
    • θεραπεύεσθεtherapeuestheverb · present passive, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be healed
  • So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

    Luke 14:3

    • θεραπεῦσαιtherapeusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to heal

John

one use
  • so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

    John 5:10

    • τεθεραπευμένῳtetherapeumenoverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: healed

Acts

five uses
  • And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

    Acts 4:14

    • τεθεραπευμένονtetherapeumenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: healed
  • Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

    Acts 5:16

    • ἐθεραπεύοντοetherapeuontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were healed
  • With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

    Acts 8:7

    • ἐθεραπεύθησανetherapeuthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were healed
  • Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

    Acts 17:25

    • θεραπεύεταιtherapeuetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is He served
  • After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.

    Acts 28:9

    • ἐθεραπεύοντοetherapeuontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were healed

Revelation

two uses
  • One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded. But the mortal wound was healed, and the whole world marveled and followed the beast.

    Revelation 13:3

    • ἐθεραπεύθηetherapeutheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was healed
  • And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.

    Revelation 13:12

    • ἐθεραπεύθηetherapeutheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was healed

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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