Strong G4583σεληνιάζομαι
be epileptic
- Transliteration
- selēniazomai
- Pronunciation
- sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle or passive voice from a presumed derivative of G4582; to be moon struck that is crazy: - be lunatic.
Detailed definition
σεληνιάζω
(σελήνη),
act, in Manetho (Caren., 4, 81), in NT depon. -ομαι,
to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic (epilepsy being supposed to be influenced by the moon): Mat.4:24 17:15.†
(AS)
(σελήνη),
act, in Manetho (Caren., 4, 81), in NT depon. -ομαι,
to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic (epilepsy being supposed to be influenced by the moon): Mat.4:24 17:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4583 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lunatick2
First verses
- Matthew 4:24And 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.
- Matthew 17:15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σελην-ιάζομαι,
passive, to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.4.24, 17.15, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 113.10.)]
2 to be sublunar, i.e. subject to change and decay, -ομένης τῆς φύσεως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.107 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, compare “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(3).146.)]
passive, to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.4.24, 17.15, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 113.10.)]
2 to be sublunar, i.e. subject to change and decay, -ομένης τῆς φύσεως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.107 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, compare “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(3).146.)]