מַרְפֵּאmarpêʼ

healing, cure, health, (usually figurative)

Pronunciation: mar-pay' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4832

Meanings

1. healing, cure, of national woes (Jeremiah 8:15; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 36:6)

2. health, profit, of person (Proverbs 4:22; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 13:17)

3. literally, of disease (2 Chronicles 21:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:18 After all this, the Lord struck Jehoram with an incurable intestinal disease.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:16 But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.
  • Proverbs 4:22 for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.
  • Proverbs 6:15 But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
  • Proverbs 12:18 Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.
  • Proverbs 13:17 An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble, but a reliable messenger brings healing.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).