iatros · physician

What it means

iatros (ἰατρός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “physician”.

Doctor.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One whose trade is curing the sick.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• doctor ×3
• Physician ×2
• doctors ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• Colossians×1

• Matthew 9:12

  But he, hearing it, said, “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill.

• Mark 2:17

  And hearing it, Jesus says to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

• Mark 5:26

  and who had suffered much under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, and had not been helped at all, but rather had grown worse,

• Luke 4:23

  And he said to them, “Surely you will tell me this proverb: Physician, heal yourself; all that we heard was done in Capernaum, do here also, in your hometown.”

• Luke 5:31

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick.

• Luke 8:43

  And a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on doctors and could not be healed by anyone,

• Colossians 4:14

  Luke the beloved physician greets you, and so does Demas.