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#4583 σεληνιάζομαι seleniazomai {sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee}
middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of G4582; TDNT - n/a; v
—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) to be moon-struck or lunatic
2) to be epileptic
2a) epilepsy being supposed to return and increase with the
increase of the moon. This meaning is doubtful as the
Greeks knew nothing of epilepsy.
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
Middle or passive voice from a presumed derivative of G4582; to be moon struck, that is, crazy:—be lunatic.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
- #4583.
- σεληνια´ζομαι
- selēniazomai; from 4582; to be moonstruck, spec. be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon):—
- NASB - epileptics(1), lunatic(1).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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AV - be lunatick 2; 2
- lunatick
- Matthew 4:24; 17:15.
—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)
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