Jastrow: רוֹפֵא

רוֹפֵא m. (b. h.; רָפָא) physician, surgeon. Ber. 60ᵃ (in a prayer) כי אל ר׳ נאמן וכ׳ for thou. O God, art a faithful physician, and thy healing is perfect. Ib. (ref. to Ex. XXI, 19) מכאן … רשות לר׳ וכ׳ from this we learn that a physician is authorized to heal (that healing is not considered an interference with divine dispensation). Ab. Zar. 26ᵇ עיר שאין בה ר׳ ישראל וכ׳ a place which has no Jewish surgeon (for circumcision) but has a Samaritan and a gentile surgeon &c. Ib. 27ᵃ, a. e. ר׳ מומחה, v. מוּמְחֶה. Bekh. IV, 4 (28ᵇ) תודוס הר׳ Thodos (Theodorus) the physician; a. fr.—Pl. רוֹפְאִים, רוֹפְאִין. Tosef. Ohol. IV, 2 נכנס תיאודורוס הרופא וכל הר׳ עמו Theodorus the physician came in and all the other physicians with him. B. Kam. 80ᵃ שאלו לר׳ וכ׳ they consulted the physicians who said, there is no remedy for him except &c.; Tem. 15ᵇ. Kidd. IV, 13 (82ᵃ) טוב שבר׳ וכ׳ the best of physicians will go to Gehenna (v. Rashi a. l.); a. fr.