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Epileptic

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: σεληνιάζομαι

(Strong's #4583 — Verb — seleniazo — sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee )

lit., "to be moon struck" (from selene, "the moon"), is used in the Passive Voice with Active significance, RV, "epileptic," for AV, "lunatick," Matthew 4:24; 17:15; the corresponding English word is "lunatic." Epilepsy was supposed to be influenced by the moon.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Epileptic'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/epileptic.html. 1940.
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