Healing and Restoration

אָסַף200 vb. gather, remove (Assyrian esêpu, DlPr 45)— Qal Pf. אָסַף Gn 30:23 +; אָסַפְתָּ ψ 85:4, etc.; Impf. יֶאֱסֹף 2 K 5:3; יַאַסְפֵנִי ψ 27:10, etc.; also וַיֹּסֶף 2 S 6:1; 2 ms. תֹּסֵף ψ 104:29; 1 s. אֹסְפָה Mi 4:6; so prob. (sf.) אֹסִֽפְךָ 1 S 15:6 (read אֹסִפְךָ) v. Köi 382 DrSm; Imv. אֱסֹף Nu 21:16 + אֶסְפָה Nu 11:16; 2 fs. אִסְפִּי Je 10:17; אִסְפוּ ψ 50:5 +; Inf. abs. אָסֹף Je 8:13 + (Hiph., from סוף according to BaNB 73); cstr. אֱסֹף 2 K 5:7 +; אָסְפְּךָ Ex 23:16; אָסְפְּכֶם Lv 23:39; Pt. act. אֹסֵף Nu 19:10; אֹסִפְךָ 2 K 22:20; 2 Ch 34:28 (pointed אֹסִֽפְךָ i.e. Hiph.; cf. Köl.c.); אֹסְפָם ψ 39:7; pass. pl. cstr. אֲסֻפֵי Ez 34:29;— 1. gather, collect (a) persons Gn 29:22; 42:17 (sq. אֶל־) Ex 3:16; 4:29; Nu 11:16, 24; 21:16 Jos 2:18 (sq. אֶל־ + ־ה loc.) 24:1 (sq. ־ה loc.; all these JE); 1 S 5:8, 11; 2 K 23:1 (sq. אֶל־) Jo 2:16; Is 11:12 Zp 3:8; Hb 2:6; Ez 11:17 (all ‖ קבץ) +; collect men, people, armies, etc., for fighting Nu 21:23 (E) Ju 11:20; 1 S 17:1 2 S 10:17; 12:29 +; cf. Zc 14:2 (sq. אֶל־ against); (b) once obj. beasts Je 12:9; (c) things, especially fruits of earth Ex 23:10, 16 (Cov’t code) Lv 23:39; 25:3, 20 (H) Dt 11:14; 16:13; 28:38; Is 17:5; Je 40:10, 12; Jb 39:12 ψ 39:7; cf. Ru 2:7 (‖ לקט glean); the quails Nu 11:32(×2); food in gen. (מַאֲכָל) Gn 6:21 (sq. אֶל־); eggs Is 10:14; money 2 K 22:4; 2 Ch 24:11; ashes of red heifer Nu 19:9, 10; chariots 1 K 10:26; 2 Ch 1:14, etc.; of fisherman (בְּמִכְמַרְתּוֹ, in metaph.) Hb 1:15; of collecting wind Pr 30:4 מִי א׳־רוּחַ בְּחָפְנָיו. 2. gather an individual into company of others: (a) obj. pers. especially gather to one’s fathers 2 K 22:20 (עַל־אֲבֹתֶיךָ) = 2 Ch 34:28 (אֶל־; both ‖ Niph. of same vb. q.v.); hence also (b) bring, obj. pers. 1 S 14:52 (on form here v. Dr) 2 S 11:27 (both sq. אֶל־), association, responsibility, protection being implied; also of stray ox or sheep Dt 22:2 (sq. אֶל־תּוֹךְ); hence also (c) take up, care for, subj. י׳ ψ 27:10 (cf. perhaps Is 40:11 קבץ); (d) draw up the feet upon the bed (אֶל־) Gn 49:33. 3. bring up the rear of Is 58:8 כְּבוֹד י׳ יַאַסְפֶ֑ךָ i.e. be thy rear-guard (‖ הָלַךְ לְפָנֶיךָ צִדְקֶ֑ךָ)—52:12 has Pi. מְאְסִּפְכֶם q.v. †4. gather and take away, remove, withdraw 1 S 14:19 (obj. hand), Je 10:17 (bundle, sq. מִן), leper 2 K 5:11 (v. צרע); cf. also א׳ מִצָּרַעַת, remove (set free) a man from leprosy v 3, 6, 7; Gn 30:23; Is 4:1 (reproach), ψ 85:4 (wrath, ‖ הֵשִׁיב), Je 16:5 (peace, sq. מִן), Jo 2:10; 4:15 (light), ψ 26:9 (נֶפֶשׁ) so Ju 18:25; ψ 104:29 (רוּחַ) v. also Jb 34:14 (sq. אֶל־); hence destroy 1 S 15:6 (obj. pers.); pass. אֲסֻפֵי רָעָב destroyed with hunger Ez 34:29; also Inf. abs. Je 8:13; Zp 1:2 (joined with הֵסִיף from סוף, v. Köi. 445; considered Hiph. Inf. abs. by BaNB 73 v. supr.) Niph. Pf. נֶאֱסַף Nu 27:13 + נֶאֶסְפָה Je 48:33 etc.; Impf. יֵאָסֵף Ex 9:19 +; וַיֵּאָ֫סֶף Gn 25:8 +; יֵאָסֵכּ֑וּן ψ 104:22 etc.; Imv. הֵאָסֵף Dt 32:50; הֵאָֽסְפִי Je 47:6; הֵאָֽסְפוּ Gn 49:1 +; Inf. abs. הֵאָסֹף 2 S 17:11 (on form cf. BaNB 74); cstr. הֵאָסֵף Gn 29:7; Nu 12:15; Pt. נֶאֱסָף Gn 49:29; נֶאֱסָפִים 1 S 13:11; Is 13:4; נֶאֱסָפִים Is 57:1;— 1. assemble, be gathered, reflex. (a) subj. men Gn 49:1 (‖ קבץ v 2), Is 43:9 (‖ קבץ), 2 Ch 30:3 (sq. לְ) v 13 (sq. acc. loc.), Ezr 3:1; 9:4; Ne 8:1, 13 (all sq. אֶל־) 9:1; 12:28; earlier mostly of assembling for war Gn 34:30 (sq. עַל־), Jos 10:5; Ju 6:33; 9:6; 10:17 (‖ נצעק), 20:11 (sq. אֶל־) v 14 (sq. ־ה loc.), 1 S 13:11 (sq. acc. loc.) +; (b) subj. flocks, etc. Gn 29:3 (pass.; sq. שָׁמָּה) v 7, 8 (all J); fish Nu 11:22 (cf. Hb 1:16 Qal); (c) inanim. subj. herbs Pr 27:25; water 2 S 14:14 (in sim.); bones for burial Je 8:2 cf. 25:33 (bodies of slain) v. also Ez 29:5 (‖ קבץ which Co reads קבר), appar. = compose, arrange for burial. so יֵאָסֵף Jb 27:19; but read prob. יאסִף = יוֹסִף (Ex 5:7), 𝔊 𝔖 Ew De Di Du. 2. pass. of Qal 2; (a) be gathered to one’s fathers נֶא׳ אֶל־אֲבוֹהָיו Ju 2:10; elsewhere to one’s people אֶל־עַמָּיו (all P) Gn 25:8, 17; 35:29 (‖ וַיִּגְוַע וַיָּמָת) 49:29, 33 (‖ גוע), Nu 20:24, 26 (‖ מות) 27:13; 31:2; Dt 32:50(×2) (both ‖ מות); also אֶל־קִבְרֹתֶיךָ 2 K 22:20 = 2 Ch 34:28 (both ‖ Qal q.v.); abs. Nu 27:13; (b) be brought in (into association with others, etc.) Nu 12:14, 15 (E) of Miriam, after leprosy; also refl. betake oneself, of Moses 11:30 (E), cf. 2 S 17:13 (both sq. אֶל־); even with inanim. subj. Je 47:6 הֵאָֽסְפִי אֶל־תַּעְרֵךְ (addressed to sword); of man & beast brought home (sq. ־ה loc.) for protection Ex 9:19. 3. Pass. of Qal 4; be taken away, removed, perish, of men Is 57:1(×2) (‖ אבד); fish Ho 4:3; gladness Is 16:10 Je 48:33 (sq. מִן); also reflex., withdraw itself, of moon Is 60:20 (‖ בוא שׁמשׁ). †Pi. Pt. מְאַסֵּף Nu 10:25 +; מְאָֽסְפָיו Is 62:9 (so BD v. Köi201); מְאַסִּפְכֶם Is 52:12;— 1. gather harvest Is 62:9 (‖ קבץ); bodies for burial Je 9:21. 2. take in, receive into (sq. בַּיְתָה) Ju 19:15, 18. 3. as subst. rearguard, rearward Nu 10:25 (P) Jos 6:9, 13 (both E); fig. of God Is 52:12. †Pu. Pf. וְאֻסַּף (cons.) Is 33:4; Zc 14:14 etc.; Pt. מְאֻסָּף, Ez 38:12—be gathered, of men Is 24:22; Ho 10:10 (sq. עַל against), Ez 38:12; booty Is 33:4; wealth Zc 14:14. †Hithp. Inf. הִתְאַסֵּף Dt 33:5 gather themselves.

† מַרְפֵּא, מַרְפֵּה n.m. Ec 10, 4 healing, cure, health (usually fig.);—abs. מַרְפֵּא Je 14:19 +, מַרְפֵּה 8:15; cstr. מַרְפֵּא Pr 15:4;— 1. healing, cure, of national woes, Je 8:15; 14:19b (‖ שָׁלוֹם), 33:6 (+ אֲרֻכָה); especially אֵין לָנוּ מ׳ Je 14:19a there is no cure for us, עַד לְאֵין מ׳ 2 Ch 36:16. 2. fig. of pers., health, profit, Pr 4:22 (‖ חַיִּים), 12:18; 13:17; 16:24; with spiritual implic. Mal 3:20; אֵין מ׳ Pr 6:15 = 29:1; לֵב מ׳ 14:30 a mind of health (healthy, composed, mind), cf. מ׳ alone = composure Ec 10:4; מ׳ לְשׁוֹן Pr 15:4 healing of the tongue, = a soothing tongue (Toy). 3. lit., of disease, לְאֵין מ׳ 2 Ch 21:18.

† אֲרוּכָה n.f. healing of a wound, restoration (properly the new flesh that grows at the wounded spot, Arabic أَرِيكَةٌ; Fi JPh. xiii. 114–6, so Fl De on Is 58:8; v. also Di)—א׳ 2 Ch 24:13; Ne 4:1; אֲרֻכָה Je 30:17; 33:6; cstr. אֲרֻכַת Je 8:22; אֲרֻכָֽתְךָ Is 58:8;—always fig. a. healing, restoration of Israel Is 58:8, here c. vb. צָמַח, elsewhere c. עָלָה; Je 8:22 (‖ רָפָא), c. עָלָה Hiph., subj. י׳, 30:17; 33:6 (‖ id.) b. restoration of walls of temple 2 Ch 24:13, of walls of Jerusalem (cf. Fi supr.) Ne 4:1 (both c. עלה).

θερᾰπ-εία, Ionic dialect θερᾰπ-ηΐη (θερᾰπ-είη Refs 5th c.BC+, ἡ, service, attendance: __I of persons, θ. τῶν θεῶν service paid to the gods, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀγυιάτιδες θ. worship of Apollo Agyieus, Refs 5th c.BC+; of parents, γονέων θεραπείας καὶ τιμάς Refs 5th c.BC+; of children, nurture, care, μικροὺς παῖδας θεραπείας δεομένους Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. σώματος, ψυχῆς, Refs 5th c.BC+ __I.2 service done to gain favour, paying court, θ. τοῦ κοινοῦ καὶ τῶν αἰεὶ προεστώτων Refs 5th c.BC+ __II medical or surgical treatment or cure, χειρός, ποδός, Hp.[same place]; αἱ ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν θ. αἱ διὰ καύσεων γιγνόμεναι cures by cautery, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἐκ τῶν γραμμάτων θ. treatment secundum artem, Refs 5th c.BC+; healing, θεραπείας ἐπιτυχών Refs: in plural, cures, ἰατρὸς ποιεῖ -είας Refs __III of animals, care, tendance, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III.2 of plants, cultivation, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III.3 maintenance or repairs of temples, Refs 4th c.BC+ __III.4 preparation of fat for medical use, Refs 1st c.AD+ __IV in collective sense, body of attendants, retinue, LXX+5th c.BC+

ἴᾱμα, Ionic dialect ἴημα, ατος, τό, (ἰάομαι) remedy, medicine, Refs 5th c.BC+; στεναγμοί, τῶν πόνων ἰάματα variant in Refs 4th c.BC+ __II ={ἴασις}, ἰάματα τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ τοῦ Ἀσκλαπιοῦ NT __II.2 soothing, pacification, LXX

ἴᾱσις [ῑ], Ionic dialect ἴησις, εως, ἡ, (ἰάομαι) healing, mode of healing, remedy, Refs 5th c.BC+; [ἀδίκημα] οὗ μή ἐστιν ἴ. Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, cures, ἰάσεις ἀποτελῶ NT __2 mending, repairs, ζυγάστρου Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 Alch., cupellation, refining, Refs

† [רְפֻאָה] n.f. remedy, medicine;—pl. abs. רְפֻאֹת Ez 30:21 Je 30:13, -וֹת 46:11 (all fig.).

† II. תְּעָלָה n.f. healing (of new flesh and skin forming over wound);—(fig.) Je 30:13; 46:11.

† גֵּהָה n.f. healing, cure—גֵּהָ֑ה Pr 17:22 לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִיב ג׳ cf. Now.

† כֵּהָה n.f. (dimming), lessening, alleviation;—אֵין כ׳ לְשִׁבְרְךָ of Nineveh Na 3:19 (read גֵּהָה, healing?).

† רִפְאוּת n.f. healing;—ר׳ abs. Pr 3:8 (fig.).