ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ, σεληνιαζομενους
SELĒNIAZOMENOUS, selēniazomenous
Sounds Like: seh-lay-nee-ah-ZOH-meh-noos
Translations: moonstruck, lunatic, demon-possessed, epileptic
From the root: ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word describes someone who is afflicted by a condition often associated with the phases of the moon, such as epilepsy or a form of madness. In ancient thought, it was believed that the moon could influence such conditions, hence the term 'moonstruck'. It can also refer to someone who is demon-possessed, as these conditions were sometimes attributed to demonic influence.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine, Present, Middle/Passive Voice
Strong’s number: G4583 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 4:24
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 4:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΕΤΑΙ — is moonstruck, suffers from epilepsy, is an epileptic
- ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΩ — to be a lunatic, to be moonstruck, to be epileptic
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