Epileptic

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Σεληνιάζομαι (Strong'S #4583 — Verb — seleniazo — sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee )

lit., "to be moon struck" (from selene, "the moon"), is used in the Passive Voice with Active significance, RV, "epileptic," for AV, "lunatick,"  Matthew 4:24;  17:15; the corresponding English word is "lunatic." Epilepsy was supposed to be influenced by the moon.

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(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.

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