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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Lunatic: & Epilepsy
• Epilepsy?: & Demon Possession, Lunatic
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Lunatic
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Lunatic
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Lunatics
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Lunatic
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Lunatic
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Lunatic
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Lunatics
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Lunatic
People's Bible Dictionary
• Lunatics
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Lunatics
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Lunatic
Webster Dictionary
• Lunation
• Lunatic
• Lunated
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Lunatics
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Lunation
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Lunatic(K)
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Lunatics
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Lunatic
Lexicons
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Lunatics. Latin luna, the moon. Insane persons were supposed to be affected by the changes of the moon. This word is used twice in the New Testament—Matthew 4:24; Matthew 17:15; but rendered epileptic in the R. V. The word refers to some disease affecting both the body and the mind, which might or might not be a sign of possession. By the description of Mark 9:17-26 it is inferred that this disease was epilepsy.