מַרְפֵּא
marpêʼ · mar-pay'
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7495 (רָפָא);
properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
- properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure
- figuratively, (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › to speak, the word › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַרְפֵּא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is health2 · 13%
- with an incurable1 · 6%
- till there was no remedy1 · 6%
- them, and health1 · 6%
- without remedy1 · 6%
- a sound1 · 6%
- a wholesome1 · 6%
- and health1 · 6%
- and that without remedy1 · 6%
- for yielding1 · 6%
- of health1 · 6%
- us, and there is no healing1 · 6%
- of healing1 · 6%
- and cure1 · 6%
- with healing1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.