What does ἰατρός (iatrós) mean in the Bible?
ἰατρός (iatrós): One who heals disease through medical skill; Jesus uses metaphorically for spiritual restoration.
Greek · G2395
ἰατρός
A physician
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ἰατρός G2395
Pronunciation iatrós
What does ἰατρός (iatrós) mean in the Bible?
ἰατρός (iatrós): One who heals disease through medical skill; Jesus uses metaphorically for spiritual restoration.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2395?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a doctor (3), Physician (2), on physicians (1), physicians (1).
Where does ἰατρός (iatrós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Mark (2), Colossians (1), Matthew (1).
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 a doctor 3× Matthew 9:12, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31
Physician 2× Luke 4:23, Colossians 4:14
on physicians 1× Luke 8:43
physicians 1× Mark 5:26
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 9:12 ἰατροῦ to a doctor Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Mark 2:17 ἰατροῦ to a doctor Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Mark 5:26 ἰατρῶν to physicians Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Luke 4:23 Ἰατρέ to Physician Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Luke 5:31 ἰατροῦ to a doctor Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 8:43 ἰατροῖς to on physicians Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Colossians 4:14 ἰατρὸς to physician Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 9:12
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 2 Luke 3 Colossians 1
Source forms
ἰατροῦ 3x iatrou Matthew 9:12, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31
Ἰατρέ 1x Iatre Luke 4:23
ἰατροῖς 1x iatrois Luke 8:43
ἰατρὸς 1x iatros Colossians 4:14
ἰατρῶν 1x iatrōn Mark 5:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 9:12, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 8:43
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Mark 5:26
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Colossians 4:14
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 4:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who heals disease through medical skill; Jesus uses metaphorically for spiritual restoration.
Strong's G2395
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 5 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 9:12 Source Gloss
a physician
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who heals disease through medical skill; Jesus uses metaphorically for spiritual restoration.
(ἰάομαι), [in LXX for רָפָא ;] a physician: Mat.9:12, Mrk.2:17 5:26, Luk.4:23 5:31 8:43 (om. WH, R, mg.), Col.4:14 (on the status of physicians, see MM, Exp., xv.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:12 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἰατροῦ, iatrou
a physician
Read verse Mark 2:17 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἰατροῦ, iatrou
a physician
Read verse Mark 5:26 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἰατρῶν, iatrwn
a physician
Read verse Luke 4:23 Noun Singular Masculine
Ἰατρέ, iatre
a physician
Read verse Luke 5:31 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἰατροῦ, iatrou
a physician
Read verse Luke 8:43 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἰατροὺς iatrouv
a physician
Read verse Colossians 4:14 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἰατρὸς iatrov
a physician
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 5 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 patterns 5 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Col 4:14 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:12 · Mark 2:17 · Luke 5:31 3×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Mark 5:26 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 8:43 1×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:23 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Jesus identifies himself metaphorically, those who are well have no need of a physician
Jesus uses physician as metaphor for his healing mission to sinners, not the righteous
Physician serves as metaphor in Jesus's response about his mission to heal the spiritually sick
Luke is identified as a literal physician, showing medical practitioners in early Christian community
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἰατρός is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain