"a disease, sickness, distemper, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:17; 9:35"
Definition and meaning
a disease, sickness, distemper, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:17; 9:35
In the original Greek the word is written: νόσος
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of nosos (G3554) across the King James Bible.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
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Common questions
Strong's G3554 (nosos) is a Greek word that means: a disease, sickness, distemper, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:17; 9:35 It appears 12 times in the King James Bible.
The word nosos (G3554) appears 12 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3554 is nosos, a Greek word defined as: a disease, sickness, distemper, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:17; 9:35. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
nosos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.