σεληνιάζω (σελήνη), 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): Mat.4:24 17:15.† (AS)
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G4583 — σεληνιάζομαι
selēniazomai · be epileptic · Greek
2 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 4:24 · σεληνιαζομένουςAnd the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.Matthew 17:15 · σεληνιάζεταιLord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously; for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and oft-times into the water.