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θεραπεία

therapeía

G2322 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

Care, service, or attendance—most commonly the act of providing attentive service to another person, including care for the sick or medical attention, but also broader forms of service or support within a household or group. May refer to both the act of caring (such as medical treatment or physical healing) and the people or group providing such service (such as household attendants, servants, or retainers). In certain contexts, can also denote the process or result of healing or the context of a household staff.

Semantic Range

care, service, attendance, medical treatment, healing, household staff, attendants, servants, ministry, cure

Root / Etymology

From θεραπεύω (therapeúō, 'to serve, to attend, to care for, to heal'), itself of uncertain origin but found already in classical Greek. Related to θεραπευτής ('servant, attendant, physician').

Historical & Contextual Notes

In classical Greek, θεραπεία broadly meant service, attendance, or ministry, often toward a deity, notable person, or within a household. In the Hellenistic and Roman periods, the term expanded to include specifically medical care or healing (e.g., Hippocrates uses θεραπεία for medical treatment). In the Septuagint, it is sometimes used for attendants or servants (e.g., Gen 50:2; Exod 27:19). In the New Testament, θεραπεία appears rarely but can refer both to healing ('healing' or 'cure' as in Rev 22:2) and to a body of attendants or household staff (Luke 9:11, Luke 12:42). English translations often render θεραπεία as 'healing' or 'household,' but this can obscure the original's range from concrete medical care to broader service or group identity. The term overlaps with διακονία but has more emphasis on care or service through attending personally (sometimes including ritual or cultic contexts in earlier Greek).

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from θεραπεύω; attendance (specially, medical, i.e. cure); figuratively and collectively, domestics:--healing, household.

Root Family

θεραπευ- (therapeía) — to serve, to attend, to care for, to heal

Root θεραπευ- to serve, to attend, to care for, to heal
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
G2323 θεραπεύω he was caring for

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G2322-02 θεραπείας therapeias N GEN F SG household of care household 2
G2322-01 θεραπείαν therapeian N ACC F SG healing attentive care healing 1

Occurrences in Scripture

3 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G2322-02 Luke 9:11 θεραπείας therapeias N GEN F SG of healing of care of healing
G2322-02 Luke 12:42 θεραπείας therapeias N GEN F SG household of care household
G2322-01 Revelation 22:2 θεραπείαν therapeian N ACC F SG healing attentive care healing
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