ἰάομαι

ἰάομαι — iáomai

ἰάομαι, ἰαωμαι; (perhaps from ἰός, Lob. Technol., p. 157f; cf. Vanicek, p. 87); a deponent verb, whose present, imperfect ἰωμην, future ἰάσομαι, and 1 aorist middle ἰασάμην have an active significance, but whose perfect passive ἴαμαι, 1 aorist passive ἰάθην, and 1 future passive ἰαθήσομαι have a passive significance (cf. Krüger, § 40, under the word; (Veitch, under the word; Buttmann, 52 (46); Winers Grammar, § 38, 7 c.)); (from Homer down); the Sept. for רָפָא; to heal, cure: τινα, Luk 4:18 R L brackets; (here T WH omit; Tr brackets the accusative), Luk 9:11; Luk 9:42; Luk 14:4; Luk 22:51; Joh 4:47; Act 9:34; Act 10:38; Act 28:8; passive, Mat 8:8; Mat 8:13; Mat 15:28; Luk 7:7; Luk 8:45; Luk 17:15; Joh 5:13 (Tdf. ἀσθενῶν); and Act 3:11 Rec.; τινα ἀπό τίνος, to cure (i. e. by curing to free) one of (literally, from; cf. Buttmann, 322 (277)) a disease: passive, Mar 5:29; Luk 6:18. tropically, to make whole i. e. to free from errors and sins, to bring about (one's) salvation: Mat 13:15; Joh 12:40; Act 28:27 (from Isa 6:10); passive, 1Pe 2:24; Jas 5:16; in figurative discourse, in passive: Heb 12:13.