Lexical Definition

‎מַרְפֵּא‎ marpêʼ (mar-pay') healing ^H:N-M
from ‎רָפָא‎

(in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.

• properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure
• figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity

1) health, healing, cure
1a) healing, cure
1b) health, profit, sound (of mind)
1c) healing
1c1) incurable (with negative)

See Greek: ἴαμα · ἴασις · ἰατρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַרְפֵּא‎, ‎מַרְפֵּה‎ noun masculine^{Eccl 10:4} healing, cure, health (usually figurative); — absolute ‎מַרְפֵּא‎ Jer 14:19 +, ‎מַרְפֵּה‎ Jer 8:15 construct ‎מַרְפֵּא‎ Prov 15:4 —

1. healing, cure, of national woes, Jer 8:15; Jer 14:19b (|| ‎שָׁלוֺם‎), Jer 36:6 (+ ‎אֲרֻכָה‎); especially ‎׳‎‎אֵין לָנוּ מ‎ Jer 14:19a there is no cure for us, ‎׳‎‎עַד לְאֵין מ‎ 2Chr 36:16.

2. figurative of person, health, profit, Prov 4:22 (|| ‎חַיִּים‎), Prov 12:18; Prov 13:17; Prov 16:24 with spiritual implication Mal 3:20* ‎׳‎‎אֵין מ‎ Prov 6:15 = Prov 29:1 ‎׳‎‎לֵב מ‎ Prov 14:30 a mind of health (healthy, composed, mind), compare ‎׳‎‎מ‎ alone = composure Eccl 10:4 ‎לְשׁוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Eccl 15:4 healing of the tongue, = a soothing tongue (Toy).

3. literally, of disease, ‎׳‎‎לְאֵין מ‎ 2Chr 21:18.

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