Jeremiah 8:22
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
גִּלְעָד
Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
רָפָא
râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
Key Terms in This Verse
רָפָא râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Study H7495 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →יְשׁוּעָה yᵉshûwʻâh
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Study H3444 →גִּלְעָד Gilʻâd
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
Study H1568 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it...
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices,...
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