verb
selēniazomō
Strong’sG4583
I am a lunatic
stem selēniaz-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† σεληνιάζω
(< σελήνη),
act, in Manetho (Carm., 4, 81), in NT depon. -ομαι,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4583 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ahee
to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy
Frommiddle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of G4582;
King Jamesbe a lunatic.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
passive, to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic, NT+2nd c.AD+
2 to be sublunar, i.e. subject to change and decay, -ομένης τῆς φύσεωςRefs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| selēniazotōσεληνιάζεται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | seizures | 1× |
| selēniazorōntoinσεληνιαζομένους | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine | epileptics | 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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | selēniazomō | selēniazome | selēniazomē | selēniazomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | selēniazosō | selēniazose | selēniazosē | selēniazoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | selēniazotō1×σεληνιάζεται | selēniazote | selēniazotē | selēniazotelē |
| we 1st person plural | selēniazonō | selēniazone | selēniazonē | selēniazonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | selēniazovō | selēniazove | selēniazovē | selēniazovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | selēniazolō | selēniazole | selēniazolē | selēniazolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | selēniazomeiō | selēniazomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | selēniazoseiō | selēniazoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | selēniazoteiō | selēniazoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | selēniazoneiō | selēniazoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | selēniazoveiō | selēniazoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | selēniazoleiō | selēniazoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | selēniazosōr | selēniazosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | selēniazotōr | selēniazotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | selēniazovōr | selēniazovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | selēniazolōr | selēniazolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | selēniazomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | selēniazosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | selēniazotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | selēniazonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | selēniazovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | selēniazoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | selēniazorō | selēniazorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | selēniazorōntos1× | selēniazorēntos |
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
selēniaz 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
selēniazotō“seizures”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 17:15… Kurior, elēasar mu ton huion, hoti selēniazotō kai kakōs paschatō, pollakis gar piptatō …… my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often …
selēniazorōntoin“epileptics”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative plural masculine1×
Matthew 4:24“epileptics”… nosai kai basanai sunechorōntoin, daimonizorōntoin kai selēniazorōntoin kai paralutikoin, kai therapeuata autoin.… with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.