ἰάομαι

ἰάομαι mid. dep., impf. ἰώμην; fut. ἰάσομαι; 1 aor. ἰασάμην. Pass. forms w. pass. mng.: 1 fut. ἰαθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἰάθην, impv. ἰαθήτω; pf. ἴαμαι (B-D-F §311, 1) (Hom.+; SIG 1168, 108; 113; 117; 1169, 7; PSI 665, 5 [III B.C.]; BGU 1026 XXII, 15; LXX, En, TestSol; ApcrEzk P 1 verso 12; Philo; Jos., Ant. 9, 105; Just., Tat., Ath.)

① to restore someone to health after a physical malady, heal, cure lit. τινά someone Lk 5:17; 6:19; 9 (in vs. 2 τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς is omitted in v.l.), 11, 42; 14:4; 22:51; J 4:47; Ac 9:34; 10:38; 28:8; 1 Cl 59:4; AcPl BMM verso 11.—Pass. Mt 8:8, 13; 15:28; Lk 7:7; 8:47; 17:15; J 5:13; Ac 5:16 D; GJs 20:2 (4 in the expanded vers., s. deStrycker); very questionable is AcPl BMM verso 18 (corrupt, Sander’s text: καὶ οὐκ εἰ αθι̣[lacuna]). ἰαθῆναι ἀπό τινος be cured of an illness: ἀπὸ τῆς μάστιγος of the terrible suffering Mk 5:29. ἀπὸ τῶν νόσων αὐτῶν Lk 6:18. ἰᾶσθαι διά τινος be cured by someth. B 8:6.

② to deliver from a variety of ills or conditions that lie beyond physical maladies, restore, heal, fig. ext. of 1 (Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 273 D.; Julian, Ep. 61, 424a, fr. the evils of ignorance; Sallust. 14 p. 28, 3 κακίαν; Jos., Ant. 2, 119 λύπην)

ⓐ restore (ἰαθήσεται ἡ γῆ En 10:7) τινά someone fr. sin and its consequences Mt 13:15; J 12:40; Ac 28:27 (all three Is 6:10); the brokenhearted Lk 4:18 v.l.; B 14:9 (both Is 61:1).

ⓑ τὶ someth. (Philostrat., Vi. Soph. 1, 22 p. 38, 9) heal (cp. the proverb in Hdt. 3, 53, 4; Thu. 5, 65, 2; Apollon. Rhod. 4, 1081; Appian, Ital. 5 §10, Bell. Civ. 1, 3 §9; Prov. Aesopi 91 P.: κακὸν κακῷ ἰᾶσθαι) τὰ ἁμαρτήματα Hv 1, 1, 9 (Appian, Hann. 31 §131 ἁμάρτημα ἰ.). τὰ ἀγνοήματα Hs 5, 7, 4. τὰ προγεγονότα πονηρά all the past evils v 1, 3, 1; cp. Hs 9, 23, 5. Abs. of the results of divine punishment, which God brings to an end 1 Cl 56:7 (Job 5:18).—Pass. of sin Js 5:16; 2 Cl 9:7; Hs 9, 28, 5. The figure of sin as a wound or disease is also plain in ἵνα τὸ χωλὸν ἰαθῇ Hb 12:13, and τῷ μώλωπι αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς ἰάθημεν 1 Cl 16:5; B 5:2; cp. 1 Pt 2:24 (all three Is 53:5; cp. Tat. 43, 3).—DELG. M-M. TW.