King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4583
Transliteration: selēniazomai
Phonetic Spelling: (sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be moonstruck, be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon)
Meaning: to be moonstruck, be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon)
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.)
Word Summary
selēniazomai: to be moonstruck, be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon)
Original Word: σεληνιάζομαιTransliteration: selēniazomai
Phonetic Spelling: (sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be moonstruck, be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon)
Meaning: to be moonstruck, be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon)
Strong's Concordance
be a lunatic. Middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of selene; to be moon-struck, i.e. Crazy -- be a lunatic.
see GREEK selene
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4583: σεληνιάζομαισεληνιάζομαι; (σελήνη); (literally, to be moon-struck (cf. lunatic); see Wetstein on Matthew 4:24; Suicer, Thesaurus ii. 945f; BB. DD., under the word