Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4832
מַרְפֵּא
marpemar-pay'
healing
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: marpêʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4832is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4832
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
The King James renders it: (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
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
marpe is rendered "healing". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Chronicles 21:18After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
2 Chronicles 21:18מַרְפֵּֽא׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's sixteen uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- healing10
- and healing3
- calmness1
- healing of1
- health1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַרְגְלָה | margelah | feet | Uses5 |
| מַרְצֵעַ | martsea | awl | Uses2 |
| מַרְחֶשֶׁת | marchesheth | pan | Uses2 |
| מַרְזֵחַ | marzeach | mourning | Uses1 |
| מַרְדּוּת | marduth | rebellious | Uses1 |
| מַרְצֶפֶת | martsepheth | pavement | Uses1 |
| מַרְגֵּמָה | margemah | sling | Uses1 |
| מַרְגֵּעָה | margeah | repose | Uses1 |
| מַרְכֹּלֶת | markoleth | market | Uses1 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃6
- וּמַרְפֵּ֖א2
- מַרְפֵּ֑א2
- וּמַרְפֵּ֥א1
- מַרְפֵּ֣א1
- מַרְפֵּ֔א1
- מַרְפֵּ֖א1
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פ1
- מַרְפֵּ֖ה1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular12HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
2 Chronicles
two uses
After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃marpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃marpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
Proverbs
eight uses
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃marpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: health
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃ פmarpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃marpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃marpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- מַרְפֵּ֑אmarpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- מַרְפֵּ֣אmarpe'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: healing of
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
- וּמַרְפֵּ֥אumarpe'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and healing
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- מַרְפֵּֽא׃marpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
Ecclesiastes
one use
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
- מַרְפֵּ֔אmarpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: calmness
Jeremiah
four uses
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
- מַרְפֵּ֖הmarpehnoun · masculine singulartagged: healing
Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.
- מַרְפֵּ֑אmarpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
- מַרְפֵּ֖אmarpe'noun · masculine singulartagged: healing
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- וּמַרְפֵּ֖אumarpe'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and healing
Malachi
one use
“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- וּמַרְפֵּ֖אumarpe'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and healing
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 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.