Bible Dictionary: Epileptic

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.

2. (n.) One affected with epilepsy.

3. (n.) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

Greek

4583. seleniazomai -- to be moonstruck, spec. be epileptic ...
... be epileptic (supposedly influenced by the moon). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
seleniazomai Phonetic Spelling: (sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee) Short ...
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Library

Concerning the Epileptic.
... Book XIII. 3. Concerning the Epileptic. "And when they were come to the
multitude, there came to Him a man kneeling to Him and saying ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/3 concerning the epileptic.htm

The Epileptic Boy.
... JESUS THE MESSIAH THE EPILEPTIC BOY. And when they came to the disciples, they saw
a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them. ...
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Spiritual Epileptics.
... of salvation. On the same principle it will be necessary that the matters
regarding the epileptic should be investigated. Now this ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/4 spiritual epileptics.htm

Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
... c cried, saying, ^b Teacher, ^a 15 Lord, ^bI brought unto thee my son, who hath
a dumb spirit; ^a have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxx third withdrawal from herods 5.htm

His Life
... THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION FORETOLD. THE TRANSFIGURATION. THE EPILEPTIC BOY. THE
TRAINING OF THE TWELVE. THE PASSION AND RESURRECTION AGAIN FORETOLD. ...
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Departure from Ireland. Death and Burial at Clairvaux.
... and making the sign of the cross on his breast said, "Be assured that you will have
no such suffering till I return." Now he was an epileptic, and fell often ...
/.../chapter viii departure from ireland.htm

Thirteenth Lesson. Prayer and Fasting;'
... WHEN the disciples saw Jesus cast the evil spirit out of the epileptic whom they
could not cure,' they asked the Master for the cause of their failure. ...
/.../with christ in the school of prayer/thirteenth lesson prayer and fasting.htm

The Gospel of Matthew
... In connection with these announcements we have the narrative of the transfiguration
and the healing of the epileptic demoniac, and instruction regarding the ...
/.../drummond/introduction to the new testament/the gospel of matthew.htm

The Deaf and Dumb Spirit.
... Now the father of the epileptic"perhaps the angel to whom he had been allotted,
if we are to say that every human soul is put in subjection to some angel ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/5 the deaf and dumb.htm

A Multitude of Disciples.
... 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 ...
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Thesaurus

Epileptic (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy. Multi-Version Concordance Epileptic
(2 Occurrences). Matthew 4:24 The report about him went out into all Syria. ...
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Sickness (40 Occurrences)
... pin'-ing, sik'-nes: In the account of the epileptic boy in Mark 9:18 it is said
that "he pineth away." The verb used here (xeraino) means "to dry up," and is ...
/s/sickness.htm - 29k

Often (74 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously;
for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ...
/o/often.htm - 29k

Off-times (1 Occurrence)
... Matthew 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously;
for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and off-times into the water. ...
/o/off-times.htm - 6k

Oft-times (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is epileptic, and suffereth grievously;
for oft-times he falleth into the fire, and off-times into the water. ...
/o/oft-times.htm - 7k

Oft (18 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously;
for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ...
/o/oft.htm - 11k

Lunatic (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which
disease were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased. ...
/l/lunatic.htm - 7k

Lunatick (2 Occurrences)
... In the Revised Version (British and American) the word has very properly been displaced
by the strictly accurate term "epileptic." This change is justified not ...
/l/lunatick.htm - 9k

Grievously (17 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously;
for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. ...
/g/grievously.htm - 14k

Ill (137 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:15 "Sir," he said, "have pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and is
very ill. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water. (WEY NAS). ...
/i/ill.htm - 35k

Bible Concordance

Epileptic (2 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:24 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
(Root in WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV)

Matthew 17:15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
(WEB WEY ASV RSV)

Subtopics

Epileptic

Related Terms

Sickness (40 Occurrences)

Often (74 Occurrences)

Off-times (1 Occurrence)

Oft-times (3 Occurrences)

Oft (18 Occurrences)

Lunatic (2 Occurrences)

Lunatick (2 Occurrences)

Grievously (17 Occurrences)

Ill (137 Occurrences)