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Greek · G5198, G4102

ὑγιαίνω

Be healthy · faith

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ὑγιαίνω G5198 be healthy
Pronunciation hygiaínō
To be sound or healthy; in Pastoral Epistles, metaphorically means doctrinally sound or orthodox in faith.
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πίστις G4102 faith
Pronunciation pístis
Trust in God or Christ as the decisive principle of Christian life and salvation, not mere intellectual assent.
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What does ὑγιαίνω (hygiaínō) mean in the Bible?

ὑγιαίνω · πίστις: Health as soundness extends from physical wholeness to doctrinal purity and moral integrity

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Questions this entry answers

What does ὑγιαίνω · πίστις mean in the Bible?

ὑγιαίνω · πίστις: Health as soundness extends from physical wholeness to doctrinal purity and moral integrity

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5198, G4102?

G5198, G4102 is connected to 12 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. Health as soundness extends from physical wholeness to doctrinal purity and moral integrity

Strong's G5198, G4102
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Word forms 3 forms 12 references Study link Titus 1:10-16

Source Gloss

to have sound health, i.e. be well (in body); figuratively, to be uncorrupt (true in doctrine)
Extended definition

Health as soundness extends from physical wholeness to doctrinal purity and moral integrity

:--be in health, (be safe and) sound, (be) whole(-some).

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 3 Aligned forms 12 Tenses Present Voices Active
Tenses
Present
Voices
Active
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 10×
Present Active 1 Tim 1:10 · Titus 1:9 · Titus 2:1 · Luke 7:10 · Luke 15:27 · Luke 5:31 · 1 Tim 6:3 · 2 Tim 1:13 · 2 Tim 4:3 · Titus 2:2 10×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Present Active Titus 1:13 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active 3 John 1:2 1×
12 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 11 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
subjunctive 1 participle 10
Tense
present 11
Voice
active 11
Mood
participle 10 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 5:31 ὑγιαίνοντες present active participle participle Luke 7:10 ὑγιαίνοντα present active participle participle Luke 15:27 ὑγιαίνοντα present active participle participle 1 Timothy 1:10 ὑγιαινούσῃ present active participle participle 1 Timothy 6:3 ὑγιαίνουσι present active participle participle 2 Timothy 1:13 ὑγιαινόντων present active participle participle 2 Timothy 4:3 ὑγιαινούσης present active participle participle Titus 1:13 ὑγιαίνωσιν present active subjunctive subjunctive Titus 1:9 ὑγιαινούσῃ present active participle participle Titus 2:1 ὑγιαινούσῃ present active participle participle Titus 2:2 ὑγιαίνοντας present active participle participle

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

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New Testament Witnesses
Titus 1:10-16 sound in the faith hygiaínō · pístis Subjunctive · Present Active
Spiritually whole and doctrinally stable.
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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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