ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΕΤΑΙ, σεληνιαζεται
SELĒNIAZETAI, selēniazetai
Sounds Like: seh-lay-nee-AH-zeh-tai
Translations: is moonstruck, suffers from epilepsy, is an epileptic
From the root: ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes someone who is afflicted by a condition, historically believed to be caused by the influence of the moon. In the New Testament context, it refers to suffering from epilepsy or a similar seizure disorder. It is used to describe a person experiencing these symptoms.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Middle/Passive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G4583 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 17:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 17:15
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.
- ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — moonstruck, lunatic, demon-possessed, epileptic
- ΣΕΛΗΝΙΑΖΩ — to be a lunatic, to be moonstruck, to be epileptic
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