Strong#: | 4583 // selhniazomai seleniazomai |
Orig: | v // middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of \\4582\\ |
NASB: | ==>epileptics(1), lunatic(1). |
AV=2 | ==>be lunatick 2 |
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Definition: | 1) to be moon-struck or lunatic
2) to be epileptic
2a) epilepsy being supposed to return and increase with the
increase of the moon. This meaning is doubtful as the
Greeks knew nothing of epilepsy.
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NASB: | to be moonstruck, spec. be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon): |
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