Seleniazomai means “be a lunatic” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4583 — maon (“den”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4583 σεληνιάζομαι (seleniazomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. seleniazomai (sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy [middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of G4582] It has 2 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include those, lunatick, into, fame, and went. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
seleniazomai (sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy [middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of G4582] KJV: be a lunatic Root(s): G4582
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be epileptic
Usage: σεληνιάζω (σελήνη), act, in Manetho (Caren., 4, 81), in NT depon. -ομαι, to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic (epilepsy being supposed to be influenced by the moon): Mat.4:24 17:15.† (AS)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4583.
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
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Seleniazomai (Strong's G4583) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be a lunatic". seleniazomai (sel-ay-nee-ad'-zom-ai) v. 1. to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy [middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of G4582]
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's G4583 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4583 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as those, lunatick, into, fame, went, and throughout. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.