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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
Lord
said, “They that be whole need not a physician,” showing that then, as now, the work of such persons was to cure
diseases
. In the
Old
Testament
the word
is
rapha
, “to heal,” and in
Genesis 50:2
2
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. (Genesis 50:2)
Joseph
called upon such to embalm the body of his
father
, a certain amount of chemical
knowledge
being needed also for that. The Lord promised to the Israelites that if they obeyed Him, He would preserve them from the diseases that were common in
Egypt
. On the other hand, there are many proofs in
scripture
that diseases were sent as a
punishment
for the sins of His people. For any remedy for such, their
eyes
should have been directed to Him who was disciplining them. Of
Asa
it is said, “he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians,” which probably means those associated with magic (
2 Chron. 16:12
12
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. (2 Chronicles 16:12)
).
The
Christian
should surely be cast upon the Lord in his sicknesses, and be exercised as to why they are sent or allowed, though doubtless he may use the means, without trusting to them apart from the
blessing
of
God
upon them.
Jehovah
Himself was the physician of His people
Israel
, ready at all
times
to heal and restore them (
Jer. 8:22
22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? (Jeremiah 8:22)
).
Job
, in the bitterness of his
soul
, found his friends to be physicians of no value. They did not understand his case, and only added to his misery (
Job 13:4
4
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. (Job 13:4)
).
In the
New
Testament
ἰατρός
. signifies “healer.”
The Lord
Jesus
was the Great Healer not only of the diseases of the body, but of the soul (
Luke 4:23
23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. (Luke 4:23)
). A
woman
who had spent her all on physicians without relief obtained from Him an immediate cure (
Luke 8:43
43
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, (Luke 8:43)
). Luke was called “the beloved physician,” though there is no information as to his practicing this
profession
(
col. 4:14
14
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. (Colossians 4:14)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
2395
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
ἰατρός
Transliteration:
iatros
Phonic:
ee-at-ros’
Meaning:
from
2390
; a physician
KJV Usage:
physician
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