What does therapeia mean?

Therapeia (2322 in Strong's Concordance) is a noun in Ancient Greek that means healing or medical service. It is derived from therapeuó.

Related Terms

The following terms are often used in connection with therapeia :

• iama - a healing, a remedy

• iaomai - to heal, to remedy

• iatros - a physician

• iasis - a healing

• therapeuó - to serve, to cure

• therapón - an attendant, a servant

Usage

Therapeia is used 3 times across 3 verses. Below is a list of all references to therapeia in the New Testament:

When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.

Luke 9:11 ESV

And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?

Luke 12:42 ESV

through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Revelation 22:2 ESV