Quick Definition
health
Strong's Definition
wholeness (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: or אֲרֻכָה; feminine passive participle of H748 (אָרַךְ) (in the sense of restoring to soundness);
KJV Usage: health, made up, perfected.
TWOT Reference: 162d
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲרוּכָה (a.ru.khah) — health. healing, restoration
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Whole
repair = causative action by which humans restore a building to its original state
Strong
healing = causative action by which humans or deities help or cause (other) humans to be restored to health or physical strength after a disease or an accident
Safe | ≈ מַרְפֵּא
healing literally: healing; hence: = causative action by which deities remove the consequences of evil and restore a country or nation to a state of peace and prosperity
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲרוּכָה n.f. healing of a wound, restoration (properly new flesh that grows at the wounded spot) base