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hygiēs

healthy, well, whole

Say it: hoog-ee-ACE (approximate)

ὑγιής

What it means

Healthy, sound, or whole. The man at the pool is asked, "Do you want to be made well (hygies)?" (5:6), and is later said to have been made "well" (5:9, 5:11, 5:14-15). It gives us "hygiene."

Range of meaning

  • HealthyIn good health.
  • WholeSound.

In John

  • Chapter 5

    "Do you want to be made well?" (5:6, 5:9, 5:11, 5:14-15).

Every verse (7)

Verses where G5199 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources