verb

paraluimō

Greekπαραλύομαι (paraluomai)

Strong’sG3886

I relax, enfeeble

stem paralu-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 forms occur

Translated as

paralyzed4×weak1×

What it means

παρα-λύω,

[in LXX: Je 6:24, 27:43, Ez 21:7 (12) (רפה), etc.;]

1. to loose from the side, set free.

2. to weaken, enfeeble; pass., to be enfeebled, esp. by a paralytic stroke: Lk 5:18, 24, Ac 8:7 9:33, He 12:12(LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3886 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-al-oo'-o

to loosen beside, i.e. relax (perfect passive participle, paralyzed or enfeebled)

Fromfrom G3844 and G3089;

King Jamesfeeble, sick of the (taken with) palsy.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
paraluirētosπαραλελυμένος	has happened · subjectperfect passive participle nominative singular masculine	paralyzed	2×
paraluirētoπαραλελυμένῳ	has happened · to, forperfect passive participle dative singular masculine	paralyzed	1×
paraluirētoisπαραλελυμένοι	has happened · subjectperfect passive participle nominative plural masculine	paralyzed	1×
paraluirēteimπαραλελυμένα	has happened · objectperfect passive participle direct plural neuter	weak	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	paraluimō	paraluime	paraluimi	paraluima	paraluimē	paraluimelē
you 2nd person singular	paraluisō	paraluise	paraluisi	paraluisa	paraluisē	paraluiselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paraluitō	paraluite	paraluiti	paraluita	paraluitē	paraluitelē
we 1st person plural	paraluinō	paraluine	paraluini	paraluina	paraluinē	paraluinelē
ye 2nd person plural	paraluivō	paraluive	paraluivi	paraluiva	paraluivē	paraluivelē
they 3rd person plural	paraluilō	paraluile	paraluili	paraluila	paraluilē	paraluilelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	paraluimeiō	paraluimeia	paraluimeiē
you 2nd person singular	paraluiseiō	paraluiseia	paraluiseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paraluiteiō	paraluiteia	paraluiteiē
we 1st person plural	paraluineiō	paraluineia	paraluineiē
ye 2nd person plural	paraluiveiō	paraluiveia	paraluiveiē
they 3rd person plural	paraluileiō	paraluileia	paraluileiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	paraluisōr	paraluisar	paraluisēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paraluitōr	paraluitar	paraluitēr
ye 2nd person plural	paraluivōr	paraluivar	paraluivēr
they 3rd person plural	paraluilōr	paraluilar	paraluilēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	paraluimoiō	paraluimoia
you 2nd person singular	paraluisoiō	paraluisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	paraluitoiō	paraluitoia
we 1st person plural	paraluinoiō	paraluinoia
ye 2nd person plural	paraluivoiō	paraluivoia
they 3rd person plural	paraluiloiō	paraluiloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	paraluirō	paraluiri	paraluira	paraluirē

Used as an adjective — participle, 5 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	paraluirōtos	paraluiritos	paraluiratos	paraluirētos5×παραλελυμένος

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

paralustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

paralu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

paraluirētos“paralyzed”has happened · subjectperfect passive participle nominative singular masculine2×

Luke 5:18“paralyzed”kai idou anērois ferarōtois epi klinau anthrōpon hos ate paraluirētos, kai zētale auton eisferara kai tithara enōpion autou.Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

Acts 9:33“paralyzed”heuriskata de ekei anthrōpon tinon onome Aineon ek eteiu oktō katakeierōton epi krabattou, hos ate paraluirētos.There he found a man named Aeneas who had been paralyzed and bedridden for eight years.

paraluirēto“paralyzed”has happened · to, forperfect passive participle dative singular masculine1×

Luke 5:24“paralyzed”hina de oidaveiē hoti tos huios tou anthrōpou exousian echatō epi tau gēau afiēkarō hamartain legata to paraluirēto; Si legamō, egeirasōr kai airaratos tem klinidiem su poreuesōr eis ton oikon su.But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

paraluirētois“paralyzed”has happened · subjectperfect passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

Acts 8:7“paralyzed”pollois gar toiu echarōtoiu pneumeim akatharteim boarōteim fōna mega exerchele, pollois de paraluirētois kai chōlois therapeuila;With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

paraluirēteim“weak”has happened · objectperfect passive participle direct plural neuter1×

Hebrews 12:12“weak”Dio tain pariēkirētain cheirain kai teim paraluirēteim gonueim anorthavar,Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.