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Greek

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

Jesus Healeth a Lunatic
... ILLUSTRATIONS: JESUS HEALETH A LUNATIC. And it came to pass, that on the next day,
when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/jesus healeth a lunatic.htm

Purpose of Christ's Relatives to Confine Him as a Lunatic. --He ...
... Section 164. Purpose of Christ's Relatives to confine him as a Lunatic."
He declares who are his Relatives in the Spiritual Sense. ...
/.../section 164 purpose of christs.htm

The Sighs of Christ
... the plains of Italy for next year's crop; while even in our favoured land, we find
at every turn prisons and reformatories, lunatic asylums, hospitals for ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxv the sighs of.htm

For this Deep and Disabling Reason Therefore, Its Cynical and ...
... We meet one hoary old lunatic who says his grandfather told him to stand
by one stile. We meet another hoary old lunatic who says ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 39 for this deep.htm

Influence of the Moon and Stars on Men.
... and first let us inquire, how he who has been cast into darkness and repressed by
an impure and deaf and dumb spirit is said to be a "lunatic," and for what ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/6 influence of the moon.htm

Spiritual Epileptics.
... to make inquiry about every case, but about the passage before us, let us, adopting
a figurative interpretation, consider who we may say the lunatic was, and ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/4 spiritual epileptics.htm

But Celsus, Lingering Over Matters which He Does not Understand...
... Now deceit and falsehood are nothing but evils, and would only be employed as a
medicine, either in the case of sick and lunatic friends, with a view to their ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xviii but celsus lingering.htm

The Maniac
... The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums." He said mildly
that there were a good many men after all who believed in themselves and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/ii the maniac.htm

The Incomparable Bridegroom and his Bride
... A poor creature, in a lunatic asylum, had got it into his head that he was some
great one, and he addressed a person who was visiting the asylum in the ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 42 1896/the incomparable bridegroom and his.htm

Matt. xvii. 10
... And when they were come to the multitude, there came to Him a man, kneeling down
to Him, and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and sore ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lvii matt xvii 10.htm

ATS Bible Dictionary

Lunatic

A word formed from the Latin luna, the moon, and thus corresponding to the original Greek word and to the English "moonstruck;" applied to a class of persons mentally and often corporally diseased, who were believed to suffer most when the moon was full. Inanity, epilepsy, and morbid melancholy were among the frequent effects of demoniac possession, yet this possession existed independently of these effects, and was a more dreadful calamity. Lunatics are expressly mentioned in distinction from men possessed by evil spirits, Matthew 4:24 17:15. See DEVILS.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Probably the same as epileptic, the symptoms of which disease were supposed to be more aggravated as the moon increased. In Matthew 4:24 "lunatics" are distinguished from demoniacs. In 17:15 the name "lunatic" is applied to one who is declared to have been possessed. (see DAEMONIAC.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An insane person.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.

3. (n.) A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.

Thesaurus

Lunatic (2 Occurrences)
... In 17:15 the name "lunatic" is applied to one who is declared to have been possessed.
(see DAEMONIAC.). ... Multi-Version Concordance Lunatic (2 Occurrences). ...
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Lunatick (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LUNATIC(K). lu'-na-tik: I. Epilepsy. 1.
Incorrect Translation: The English word "lunatic," which ...
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Madness (13 Occurrences)
... God (1 Samuel 18:10), and when, under the influence of the ecstatic mood which
alternated with his depression, he conducted himself like a lunatic (1 Samuel 19 ...
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Mad (22 Occurrences)
... God (1 Samuel 18:10), and when, under the influence of the ecstatic mood which
alternated with his depression, he conducted himself like a lunatic (1 Samuel 19 ...
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Lump (7 Occurrences)

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Kindly (57 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:15 and 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 ...
/k/kindly.htm - 24k

Nightmonster
... of folklore, it is analogous to those survivals of obsolete ideas still to be found
in current speech, and in the literature of the modern world (see LUNATIC). ...
/n/nightmonster.htm - 17k

Night-monster
... of folklore, it is analogous to those survivals of obsolete ideas still to be found
in current speech, and in the literature of the modern world (see LUNATIC). ...
/n/night-monster.htm - 17k

Terribly (9 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:15 and 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 ...
/t/terribly.htm - 9k

Raving (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rave. 2. (a.) Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving
lunatic. Multi-Version Concordance Raving (4 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Lunatic (2 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Subtopics

Lunacy

Lunatic

Related Terms

Lunatick (2 Occurrences)

Madness (13 Occurrences)

Mad (22 Occurrences)

Lump (7 Occurrences)

Kindly (57 Occurrences)

Nightmonster

Night-monster

Terribly (9 Occurrences)