STRONGS NUMBER G3885


Word Summary
paralytikos: paralytic
Original Word: παραλυτικός
Transliteration: paralytikos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-al-oo-tee-kos')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: paralytic
Meaning: paralytic
Strong's Concordance
a paralytic

From a derivative of paraluo; as if dissolved, i.e. "paralytic" -- that had (sick of) the palsy.

see GREEK paraluo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3885: παραλυτικός

παραλυτικός, παραλυτικη, παραλυτικόν (from παραλύω, which see), paralytic, i. e. suffering from the relaxing of the nerves of one side; universally, disabled, weak of limb (A. V. palsied, sick of the palsy): Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:6; Matthew 9:2, 6; Mark 2:3-5, 9; and L WH marginal reading in Luke 5:24. (Cf. Riehm, HWB, under the word Krankheiten, 5; B. D. American edition, p. 1866b.)