PHYSICIAN

Physician. Physician
Asa, afflicted with some bodily malady, “sought not to the Lord but to the physicians” (2 Chr. 16:12). The “physicians” were those who “practised heathen arts of magic, disavowing recognized methods of cure, and dissociating the healing art from dependence on the God of Israel. The sin of Asa was not, therefore, in seeking medical advice, as we understand the phrase, but in forgetting Jehovah.”

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PHYSICIAN. → General scriptures concerning 2Ch 16:12; Mt 9:12; Mr 5:26; Lu 8:43 → Proverbs about Mr 2:17; Lu 4:23 → Luke, a physician Col 4:14 → FIGURATIVE Job 13:4; Jer 8:22; Lu 5:31

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physician. Physician, n. one who professes the art of healing

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Phy‐si″cian (?), n. [[OE. fisician, fisicien, OF. physucien, a physician, in F., a natural philosopher, an experimentalist in physics. See Physic.]] 1. 1. A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.
2. 2. Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.