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Epileptic
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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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.
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.
