Strong's Lexicon
G3886 — παραλύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3886 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παραλύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and G3089 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | paraluo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-al-oo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to loosen beside, i.e. relax (perfect passive participle, paralyzed or enfeebled) |
| KJV Renderings: | feeble, sick of the (taken with) palsy |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παραλύω: (perfect passive participle παραλελυμένος); properly, to loose on one side or from the side (cf. παρά, IV. 1); to loose or part things placed side by side; to loosen, dissolve, hence, to weaken, enfeeble: παραλελυμένος, suffering from the relaxing of the nerves, unstrung, weak of limb (palsied), Luk 5:18; Luk 5:24 ((not L WH marginal reading) see παραλυτικός); Act 8:7; Act 9:33; παραλελυμένα γόνατα, i. e. tottering, weakened, feeble knees, Heb 12:12; Isa 35:3; Sir 25:23; χεῖρες παραλελυμένα Eze 7:27; Jer 6:24; (Jeremiah 27:15, 43 ()); παρελύοντο αἱ δεξιαι, of combatants, Josephus, b. j. 3, 8, 6; παρελύθη καί οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἔτι λαλῆσαι λόγον, 1Ma 9:55, where cf. Grimm; σωματική δυνάμει παραλελυμένα, Polybius 32, 23, 1; τοῖς σωμασι καί ταῖς ψυχαῖς, id. 20, 10, 9.’
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παραλύω (feeble)
Luke 5:18
- KJV: And behold men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy and they sought to bring him in and to lay before him
- GK: και ιδού άνδρες φέροντες επί κλίνης άνθρωπον ος ην παραλελυμένος και εζήτουν αυτόν εισενεγκείν και θείναι ενώπιον αυτού
Luke 5:24
- KJV: But 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
- GK: ίνα δε ειδήτε ότι εξουσίαν έχει ο υιός του ανθρώπου επί της γης αφιέναι αμαρτίας είπε τω παραλελυμένω σοι λέγω έγειραι και άρας το κλινίδιόν σου πορεύου εις τον οίκόν σου
Acts 8:7
- KJV: For unclean spirits crying with loud voice came out of many that were possessed and many taken with palsies and that were lame were healed
- GK: πολλών γαρ των εχόντων πνεύματα ακάθαρτα βοώντα φωνή μεγάλη εξήρχετο πολλοί δε παραλελυμένοι και χωλοί εθεραπεύθησαν
Acts 9:33
- KJV: And there he found a certain man named Æneas which had kept his bed eight years and was sick of the palsy
- GK: εύρε δε εκεί άνθρωπόν τινα Αινέαν ονόματι εξ ετών οκτώ κατακείμενον επί κραββάτω ος ην παραλελυμένος
Hebrews 12:12
- KJV: Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees
- GK: διό τας παρειμένας χείρας και τα παραλελυμένα γόνατα ανορθώσατε