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What does "Diseases" mean in the Bible?

The multiplied forms in which sickness and suffering appear among men are so many signs of the evil of sin. Diseases appears in 8 verses across 4 books of the Bible.

What does the Bible say about Diseases?

DISEAS'ES. The multiplied forms in which sickness and suffering appear among men are so many signs of the evil of sin. Reference is made to the interposition of God in sending and removing diseases. Ps 39:9-11; Ps 90:3-12. The plagues, pestilences, and other instrumentalities by which, in former ages, a multitude of lives were destroyed at once were often miraculous — that is, the natural causes and progress of disease were not employed, or were not visible. Ex 12:23, 1 Chr 2:29; 2 Kgs 19:35; 1 Chr 21:12-15; Acts 12:23. The simple diets and habits of the Jews would keep them from many diseases, but the Bible proves that they enjoyed no miraculous protection. The diseases of the East of to-day were known to them; such are ophthalmia, leprosy, brain-fever, pestilential fevers, lung-disorders. There was also a special form of disease, known as "having an evil spirit," very common in our Lord's day. See Devil, Medicine.

Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.

Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.

What is the Greek word for Diseases?

Greek · G3554

νόσος

nosos

illness

TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.

Where does Diseases appear in the Bible?

Diseases is referenced in 8 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

Luke 4Matthew 2Acts 1Mark 1

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Diseases.

HourBlindSyriaIsaiah

Common questions

How many times does the Bible mention Diseases?

Diseases appears in 8 verses across 4 books, most often in Luke, which accounts for 4 of them.

Which books of the Bible mention Diseases?

Luke, Matthew, Acts, Mark.

Where can I read every verse about Diseases?

This page lists 8 of them. Protos carries all 8, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.

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