Psalms 103:3

Psalms 103:3

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

1. “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;”

a. Who forgiveth [Strong: 5545 calach saw-lakh' a primitive root; to forgive:--forgive, pardon, spare.]

b. all [Strong: 3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]

c. [thine] iniquities [Strong: 5771  `avon aw-vone' or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}; from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil:--fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.]

2. “...who healeth all thy diseases;”

a. [who] healeth [Strong: 7495 rapha' raw-faw' or raphah {raw-faw'}; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure:--cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole.]

1). Beside being used in Psalm 103:3 this Hebrew word is used three other times in the Old Testament.

a). Exodus 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

b). Psalms 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

c). Isaiah 30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

2). In the Septuagint, the Greek translation of this verse cited above, the Greek word used is isomai. This Greek word is used 28 times in the New Testament. 25 times is is used for physical healing, twice it is translated “made whole” and once it refers to emotional healing.     

a). [Strong: 2390 iaomai ee-ah'-om-ahee middle voice of apparently a primary verb; to cure (literally or figuratively):--heal, make whole.]

3). New Testament uses.

a). Matthew 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

b). Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

c). Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

b. all [Strong: 3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]

c. [thy] diseases [Strong: 8463 tachaluw' takh-al-oo' or tachalui {takh-al-oo'}; from 2456; a malady:--disease, X grievous, (that are) sick(-ness).] [Gesenius: to be sick, diseased, diseases.]

1). This Hebrew word for diseases here in Psalm 103:3 is used a total of 5 times in the Old Testament.

a). Deuteronomy 29:22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

b). 2 Chronicles 21:19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.

c). Jeremiah 14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

d). The other two instances are in Psalm 103:3 and in Jeremiah 16:4 and translated “grievous” deaths.

2). In the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament Psalm 103:3 cited above, uses the Greek word nosos and translates it “diseases” in Psalm 103:3. It is found 12 times in the New Testament. In 6 of those times it is translated “diseases”. In 5 instances it is translated “sicknesses” and once “infirmities.”  The Strongs number 3554 nosos nos'-os of uncertain affinity; a malady (rarely figuratively, of moral disability):--disease, infirmity, sickness.

a). Mark 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.

b). Mark 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

c). Matthew 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

d. Acts 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.