To paralyze
παραλύωStrong’s G3886paraluō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paraluō is the Greek word usually translated “paralyzed” and “enfeebled”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “paralyzed” and “enfeebled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- paralyzed 4
- enfeebled 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 5:24But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
- Acts 8:7For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
- Acts 9:33And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
- Hebrews 12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Greek dictionary
παραλύω paraluō · to paralyze
παρα-λύω [in LXX: Jer.6:24, Jer 27:43, Eze.21:7 (רָפָה), etc. ;] 1. to loose from the side, set free. 2. to weaken, enfeeble; pass., to be enfeebled, esp. by a paralytic stroke: Luk.5:18, 24, Act.8:7 9:33, Heb.12:12" (LXX) .† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “enfeeble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENFEE'BLE, verb transitive
[from feeble.]
To deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate; to enervate. Intemperance enfeebles the body, and induces premature infirmity. Excessive grief and melancholy enfeeble the mind. Long wars enfeeble a state.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.