Word study
Recovery
4 Hebrew and 2 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “recovery”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “recovery” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- מַרְפֵּא marpêhealing, cure, healthtranslated this way 2 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s H4832Noun · Translated: healing 6, brings healing 2Full study and all 14 verses →
Proverbs 6:15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
Proverbs 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- חָיָה châyâhlivetranslated this way 1 time of its 265 uses · Strong’s H2421Verb · Translated: live 96, lived 24, was 17, revive 14Full study and all 254 verses →
Isaiah 38:9 This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
- חָזַק châzaqbe or grow firm, strong, strengthentranslated this way 1 time of its 290 uses · Strong’s H2388Verb · Translated: strong 37, made repairs 22, strengthened 16, repaired 15Full study and all 264 verses →
Isaiah 39:1 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
- תְּעָלָה teâlâhwater-coursetranslated this way 1 time of its 11 uses · Strong’s H8585Noun · Translated: trench 3, aqueduct 3Full study and all 11 verses →
Jeremiah 30:13 There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
Greek words (New Testament)
- ἀνάβλεψις anáblepsisrecovery of sighttranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s G309Noun · Translated: recovery of sight 1Full study and its 1 verse →
Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- πίπτω píptōI fall, fall undertranslated this way 1 time of its 90 uses · Strong’s G4098Verb · Translated: fell 46, fall 17, fallen 8, falls 7Full study and all 86 verses →
Romans 11:11 I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.