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G3886 παραλύω (paralýō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I relax, enfeeble

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G3089 (λύω);

KJV Usage: feeble, sick of the (taken with) palsy

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.'

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

παραλύω paralyō 5x to unloose from proper fixity or consistency of substance; to enervate or paralyze the body or limbs; pass. to be enervated or enfeebled, Heb_12:12 ; pass. perf. part. παραλελυμένος , paralytic, Luk_5:18 ; Luk_5:24

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

παρα -λύω , [in LXX : Jer_6:24 , Jer 27:43, Eze_21:7 ( H7503 ), etc.;] 1. to loose from the side, set free. 2. to weaken, enfeeble; pass ., to be en\-feebled, esp . by a paralytic stroke: Luk_5:18 ; Luk_5:24 , Act_8:7 ; Act_9:33 , Heb_12:12 ( LXX ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παραλύω [page 487] For the literal sense loose, set free, cf. PSI IV. 435 .9 (B.C. 258 7) (as restored by Deissmann, LO . 4 , p. 121) ἐμοῦ ̣δ̣ε ̣π [α ]ρ̣[ακαλέσαντος τὸν θεὸν Σάραπιν ,] ὅπως ἄμ με παραλύσηι τοῦ ἐνταῦθ̣α [ἔργο ]̣υ , Syll 226 (= .3 495) .175 ( c. B.C. 230) ἐξ ὧν ἀπέλυσε μὲν τὴμ πόλιν ὀφειλημάτων , παρέλυσε δὲ τόκων . The subst. παράλυσις occurs in Artem. p. 263 .14 .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

παραλύω fut. -λύσω aor1 -έλυ_σα perf. -λέλυ^κα Pass., aor1 -ελύθην perf. -λέλυ^μαι c. acc. rei, "to loose from the side, take off, detach", Hdt. , etc. "to undo, put an end to", Eur. c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, "to unyoke or part from", πολλοὺς παρέλυσεν θάνατος δάμαρτος id=Eur. ; π. τινὰ τῆς στρατηίης "to set free from" military service, Hdt. ; π. τινὰ τῆς στρατηγίης "to dismiss from the" command, id=Hdt. : —τοὺς Ἀθηναίους π. τῆς ὀργῆς "to set" them "free from . ." , Thuc. : c. acc. only, "to set free", Eur. :—Pass. "to be parted from", τινος Hdt. : "to be exempt" from service, id=Hdt. "to loose beside", i. e. "one beside another", Xen. in Pass. "to be disabled at the side, to be paralysed", Arist. : generally, "to be exhausted, to flag", of camels, Hdt.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

Bible Occurrences (5)

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