What does θεραπεία (therapeía) mean in the Bible?
θεραπεία (therapeía): Service understood as attendance and care; healing as therapeutic treatment; household retinue as collective noun.
Greek · G2322
θεραπεία
Service
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θεραπείαG2322
Pronunciationtherapeía
What does θεραπεία (therapeía) mean in the Bible?
θεραπεία (therapeía): Service understood as attendance and care; healing as therapeutic treatment; household retinue as collective noun.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2322?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] healing (1), healing (1), in charge (1).
Where does θεραπεία (therapeía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 9:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Revelation (1).
Are there verse guides for θεραπεία (therapeía)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[the] healing1×Revelation 22:2
healing1×Luke 9:11
in charge1×Luke 12:42
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 9:11
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Luke2Revelation1
Source forms
θεραπείας2xtherapeiasLuke 9:11, Luke 12:42
θεραπείαν1xtherapeianRevelation 22:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular2xLuke 9:11, Luke 12:42
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xRevelation 22:2
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Service understood as attendance and care; healing as therapeutic treatment; household retinue as collective noun.
Source Gloss
service
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Service understood as attendance and care; healing as therapeutic treatment; household retinue as collective noun.
(θεραπεύω) [in LXX for עֶבֶד Gen.45:16 (cf. Est.5:2), etc. ;]
1service.
3Collective, household attendants, servants: Luk.12:42 (LXX, ll. with).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:45Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
θεραπείαςqerapeiav
care, attention, healing
Read verseLuke 9:11Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
θεραπείαςqerapeiav
care, attention, healing
Read verseLuke 12:42Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
θεραπείαςqerapeiav
care, attention, healing
Read verseqerapeian
care, attention, healing
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Genitive · Singular · FeminineLuke 9:11 · Luke 12:422×
Word Origins
θεραπεία is built from this root: