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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4583 - σεληνιάζομαι

Transliteration

selēniázomai

Phonetics

sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee

Origin

middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of (G4582)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to be moon-struck or lunatic
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.

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Matthew 2

BSB (2)

Matthew 2

CSB (2)

Matthew 2

ESV (1)

Matthew 2

KJV (2)

Matthew 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Matthew 2

N95 (2)

Matthew 2

NAS (5)

Matthew 2

NLT (2)

Matthew 3

WEB (2)

Matthew 2

YLT (2)

Matthew 2

ASV (2)

epileptic 1

he is epileptic 1

BSB (2)

he has seizures 1

those having seizures 1

CSB (2)

seizures 1

the epileptics 1

ESV (1)

epileptic 1

KJV (2)

lunatick 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

epileptics 1

seizures 1

N95 (2)

epileptics 1

lunatic 1

NAS (5)

epilepsy 1

has 1

people 1

seizures 1

with 1

NLT (2)

epileptic 1

seizures 1

WEB (2)

epileptics 1

he is epileptic 1

YLT (2)

he is lunatic 1

lunatics 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

ANT

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

BEZ

V-PPI-3S 1

V-PPP-APM 1

BGB

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

BMT

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

BYZ

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

ELZ

V-PMI-3S 1

V-PMPAPM 1

NA26

V-3PMIS 1

V-PMPAPM 1

SBL

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

SCV

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

STV

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

TIS

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNP-APM 1

TRG

V-PMI-3S 1

V-PMPAPM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

σελην-ιάζομαι,

Pass., to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic, Ev.Matthew 4:24, Ev.Matthew 17:15, Vett.Val. 113.10 .

2. to be sublunar, i.e. subject to change and decay, -ομένης τῆς φύσεως Zos.Alch. p.107 B., cf. Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).146.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† 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): Matthew 4:24; Matthew 17:15.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";swathe"; (Luke 2:7; Luke 2:12). For the noun (as in Sap 7:4) cf. Kaibel 314.6 (iii/A.D.) εἰς σπάργανά μ᾽ αὐτὸς ἔθηκεν, and P Masp I. 67097 verso (D).32 (Byz.) ταύτην ἐκ σπαργάνων θάλψας.

List of Word Forms

σεληνιαζεται σεληνιάζεται σεληνιαζομενους σεληνιαζομένους σελίδας σελισία seleniazetai seleniázetai selēniazetai selēniázetai seleniazomenous seleniazoménous selēniazomenous selēniazoménous