Greek word · G2392

ἴασις

iasis

healing

Healing, cure, the act or result of making well. It was common in medical and religious Greek, for example in thank-offering inscriptions at healing shrines of Asclepius.

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

ἴασις, -εως, ἡ

(ἰάομαι), [in LXX chiefly for מַרְפֵּא ;]

a healing, cure: Acts 4:22, 30; pl., Luke 13:32.†

SYN.: see: θεραπεία, 2; ἴαμα, 2 (AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Acts 4:30

Range of meaning

Healing, cure, the act or result of making well. It was common in medical and religious Greek, for example in thank-offering inscriptions at healing shrines of Asclepius.

Against the English

'To heal' (verb) in most versions. The Greek is a noun, 'for healing', but the meaning is the same.

Used elsewhere in the period

Only three times in the New Testament: Luke 13:32 ('I… perform healings'), Acts 4:22 ('this sign of healing'), and here.

Where it appears

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 13:32 ἰάσεις cures

    But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’

    Here: 'Cures', a noun for acts of healing. In the New Testament only Luke uses it (here and Acts 4:22, 30). It names the healings as concrete deeds that get finished.

Acts · 2

  1. Acts 4:22 ἰάσεως.¶ of healing.

    For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

  2. Acts 4:30 ἴασιν healing

    as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

    Here: The act or event of healing. It is the same word used in v. 22 for the healing of the man lame from birth, so the prayer asks for more of what has just happened.

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