θεραπεύω
to heal
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
- Perfect
- A completed past action with continuing present results.
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms 21 distinct
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 13 times (30%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Infinitive 3 times (7%)
- Verb, Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 3 times (7%)
- Verb, Imperfect, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 3 times (7%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 2 times (5%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Plural 2 times (5%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Infinitive 2 times (5%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 2 times (5%)
+13 more forms (13 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 43 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G2323 appears — 42 distinct verses across 6 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 16 verses
- Matthew 4:23 θεραπεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Matthew 4:24 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
- Matthew 8:7 θεραπεύσω fut act ind 1sg Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."
- Matthew 8:16 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
- Matthew 9:35 θεραπεύων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Matthew 10:1 θεραπεύειν pres act inf He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
- Matthew 10:8 θεραπεύετε pres act impv 2pl Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
- Matthew 12:10 θεραπεῦσαι aor act inf And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" that they might accuse him.
- Matthew 12:15 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,
- Matthew 12:22 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
- Matthew 14:14 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Matthew 15:30 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,
- Matthew 17:16 θεραπεῦσαι aor act inf So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."
- Matthew 17:18 ἐθεραπεύθη aor pass ind 3sg Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.
- Matthew 19:2 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
- Matthew 21:14 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
Mark 5 verses
- Mark 1:34 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.
- Mark 3:2 θεραπεύει pres act ind 3sg They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
- Mark 3:10 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
- Mark 6:5 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
- Mark 6:13 ἐθεράπευον impf act ind 3pl They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.
Luke 13 verses
- Luke 4:23 θεράπευσον aor act impv 2sg He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
- Luke 4:40 ἐθεράπευεν impf act ind 3sg When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- Luke 5:15 θεραπεύεσθαι pres pass inf But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
- Luke 6:7 θεραπεύει pres act ind 3sg The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
- Luke 6:18 ἐθεραπεύοντο impf pass ind 3pl as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.
- Luke 7:21 ἐθεράπευσεν aor act ind 3sg In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
- Luke 8:2 τεθεραπευμέναι perf pass ptcp nom pl fem and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
- Luke 8:43 θεραπευθῆναι aor pass inf A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,
- Luke 9:1 θεραπεύειν pres act inf He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
- Luke 9:6 θεραπεύοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Gospel, and healing everywhere.
- Luke 10:9 θεραπεύετε pres act impv 2pl Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
- Luke 13:14 ἐθεράπευσεν θεραπεύεσθε aor act ind 3sg pres pass impv 2pl The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"
- Luke 14:3 θεραπεῦσαι aor act inf Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
John 1 verse
Acts 5 verses
- Acts 4:14 τεθεραπευμένον perf pass ptcp acc sg masc Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
- Acts 5:16 ἐθεραπεύοντο impf pass ind 3pl Multitudes also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.
- Acts 8:7 ἐθεραπεύθησαν aor pass ind 3pl For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
- Acts 17:25 θεραπεύεται pres pass ind 3sg neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
- Acts 28:9 ἐθεραπεύοντο impf pass ind 3pl Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.
Revelation 2 verses
- Revelation 13:3 ἐθεραπεύθη aor pass ind 3sg One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.
- Revelation 13:12 ἐθεραπεύθη aor pass ind 3sg He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek verb θεραπευω centers on the idea of “to heal.” Debuting at Matthew 4:23, it then recurs through the corpus. It appears 42 verses across 6 books of the Greek New Testament, among its moderately common vocabulary. The word gravitates to Matthew (38%), then Luke and Mark. Thayer's distinguishes 2 senses for it. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2323 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 42
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 42 distinct verses.
- 6 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 6 of 27 New Testament books.
- #347
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Greek words (rank 347 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 42 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 42 distinct verses.
- Gospels 35 verses · 83%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 18 verses · 43%
- Johannine 3 verses · 7%
- Revelation 2 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: He healed 8×, Heal 8×, Healed 5×
- American Standard Version: He healed 7×, Heal 7×, Healed 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Heal 10×, He healed 8×, Healed 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: He healed 10×, Heal 7×, Healed 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2323 across 44 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2323 across 44 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2323 across 43 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2323 across 45 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to serve, do service
- to heal, cure, restore to health
Word origin
Derived from θεραπων (therápōn) (G2324) — attendant.
From the same as G2324 ; to wait upon menially that is (figuratively) to adore (God) or (specifically) to relieve (of disease): - cure heal worship.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 21 distinct written forms G2323 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2323, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word θεραπευω appears 9 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 9 verses in 6 books.
- 9
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 9
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 6 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 6 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- 2 Samuel 19:25 θεραπεύω
- 2 Kings 9:16 θεραπεύω
- Esther 2:19 θεραπεύω
- Proverbs 14:19 θεραπεύω
- Isaiah 54:17 θεραπεύω
- Daniel 7:10 θεραπεύω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2323) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 2 Samuel 19:25 θεραπεύω It happened, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?
- 2 Kings 9:16 θεραπεύω So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
- Esther 2:19 θεραπεύω When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.
- Esther 6:10 θεραπεύω Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.
- Proverbs 14:19 θεραπεύω The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- Proverbs 19:6 θεραπεύω Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
- Proverbs 29:26 θεραπεύω Many seek the ruler's favor, But a man's justice comes from Yahweh.
- Isaiah 54:17 θεραπεύω No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me, says Yahweh.
- Daniel 7:10 θεραπεύω A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2323) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
