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Lexicon :: Strong's G4583 - selēniazomai

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σεληνιάζομαι
Transliteration
selēniazomai (Key)
Pronunciation
sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of σελήνη (G4582)
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Strong’s Definitions

σεληνιάζομαι selēniázomai, sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee; middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of G4582; to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy:—be a lunatic.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4583 in the following manner: be lunatick (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4583 in the following manner: be lunatick (2x).
  1. to be moon-struck or lunatic

  2. to be epileptic

    1. epilepsy being supposed to return and increase with the increase of the moon. This meaning is doubtful as the Greeks knew nothing of epilepsy.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σεληνιάζομαι selēniázomai, sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee; middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of G4582; to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy:—be a lunatic.
STRONGS G4583:
σεληνιάζομαι; (σελήνη); (literally, to be moon-struck (cf. lunatic); see Wetstein on Matthew 4:24; Suicer, Thesaurus ii. 945f; BB. DD., under the word ); to be epileptic (epilepsy being supposed to return and increase with the increase of the moon): Matthew 4:24; Matthew 17:15. (Manetho carm. 4, 81 and 217; (Lucian, others); ecclesiastical writings.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:24; 4:24; 17:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4583 matches the Greek σεληνιάζομαι (selēniazomai),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:24 -

And the news about Him spread throughout Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and severe pain, demon-possessed, people G4583 with G4583 epilepsy G4583, and people who were paralyzed; and He healed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:15 - [fn]Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has G4583 seizures G4583 and suffers terribly; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
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