"to heal, cure, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:16; pass. to receive service, Acts 17:25; to serve, minister to, render service and attendance; to render divine service, worship, Acts 17:25"
Definition and meaning
to heal, cure, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:16; pass. to receive service, Acts 17:25; to serve, minister to, render service and attendance; to render divine service, worship, Acts 17:25
In the original Greek the word is written: θεραπεύω
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 therapeuo (G2323) 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.
And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
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.
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
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Common questions
Strong's G2323 (therapeuo) is a Greek word that means: to heal, cure, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:16; pass. to receive service, Acts 17:25; to serve, minister to, render service and attendance; to render divine service, worship, Acts 17:25 It appears 43 times in the King James Bible.
The word therapeuo (G2323) appears 43 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2323 is therapeuo, a Greek word defined as: to heal, cure, Mt. 4:23, 24; 8:16; pass. to receive service, Acts 17:25; to serve, minister to, render service and attendance; to render divine servic. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
therapeuo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.