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
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Matthew 4:24 · σεληνιαζομένουςand his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.Matthew 17:15 · σεληνιάζεταιand saying, ‘Sir, deal kindly with my son, for he is lunatic, and doth suffer miserably, for often he doth fall into the fire, and often into the water,