noun · masculine
iatros
Strong’sG2395
a physician
stem iatr-7 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἰατρός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< ἰάομαι), [in LXX for רֹפֵא;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2395 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-at-ros'
a physician
Fromfrom G2390;
King Jamesphysician.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect ἰητρός, ὁ, (ἰάομαι) like{ἰατήρ}, one who heals, physician or surgeon, Refs 8th c.BC+; φὼς ἰ. Refs 4th c.BC+; ἥρως ἰ., worshipped at Athens and elsewhere, Refs 4th c.BC+; οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἰατρῶν παῖδες, for ἰατροί, Refs 2nd c.AD+; as a name of Apollo, Refs 5th c.BC+ Trag.1.5; of Aphrodite, Refs 1st c.AD+; midwife, Refs 5th c.BC+
II metaphorically, εὐφροσύνα πόνων ἰ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὦ θάνατε,.. τῶν ἀνηκέστων κακῶν ἰ. Refs 5th c.BC+; [ἀτυχίας] Refs 5th c.BC+; γῆς ἰ., of a farmer, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | iatros1×ἰατρὸς | iatrois |
| object accusative | iatron | iatroin |
| direct address vocative | iatror1×Ἰατρέ | iatroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | iatrou3×ἰατροῦ | iatroiu1×ἰατρῶν |
| to, for dative | iatro | iatroi1×ἰατροῖς |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
iatro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
iatros“physician”subjectnominative singular1×
Colossians 4:14aspazotō vin Loukos tos iatros tos agapētos kai Dēmaos.Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.
iatror“physician”direct addressvocative singular1×
Luke 4:23… Pantōs legavi mi tan parabolan houtan; Iatror, therapeuasar siauton; hoseim akouana generanteim eis …… will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your …
iatrou“physician”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Matthew 9:12“physician”… legata; Ouk chreian echalō tois ischuarōntois iatrou alla tois kakōs echarōntois.… this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
Mark 2:17“physician”… hoti Ouk chreian echalō tois ischuarōntois iatrou alla tois kakōs echarōntois; ouk erchama …… It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call …
Luke 5:31“physician”… autoin; Ouk chreian echalō tois hugiainarōntois iatrou alla tois kakōs echarōntois;… It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
iatroiu“physicians”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Mark 5:26kai polleim pascharantas hupo polloiu iatroiu kai dapanarantas teim para autau panteim …… agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had …
iatroi“physicians”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 8:43… rusia haimeu apo eteiu dōdeka, hotinas iatroi prosanaliskarantas holon ton bion ouk ischuata …… had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to …