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GreekG4583Verb

σεληνιάζομαι

selēniazomai

2Occurrences
G4583Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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).

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

σεληνιάζομαι appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
2

Key Passages

Matthew 17:15BSB

“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.

Matthew 4:24BSB

News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.