Luke 5:31
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick."
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
יָעֵן
yâʻên
the ostrich (probably from its answering cry
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
כֹּל
kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
חָסֵר
châçêr
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
רָפָא
râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
חָלָה
châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering...
Key Terms in This Verse
רָפָא râphâʼ
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Study H7495 →חָלָה châlâh
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Study H2470 →כֹּל kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Study H3606 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →Cross References
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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