Illustrations of English words derived from the Greek in the New Testament.
Gaylon West.
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MATTHEW 4 (summary)
mentions diseases and pains, but adds demoniacs, lunatics and
paralytics.
The original passage separates them with the coordinating
conjunction "and" (Greek, kai).
The latter (kaiG2532)
was a copulative particle that served in Greek very much like our
English word "and."
Our English word “and” is a coordinating conjunction,
like “or” and “but”, that “connects
words, phrases, and clauses that
are of EQUAL
importance in the sentence.iThe
paralytics that Jesus healed are
in addition
to those possessed by demons. This tells us that there is a separate
class of sickness, paralytics.
Although
palsy is listed as a separate health problem in the list of our text,
we should not preclude it from being a torment from possession. And
we know that all bad experiences in life are from Satan (e.g., Job 1,
2).
Etymonline.com
Sources
of related English or Anglicized words.
paralysis
(n.)
In
English from 1520s, "impairment of the normal action of the
nervous system in bringing body parts or organs into action,"
from Latin paralysis,
from Greek paralysis "paralysis, palsy," literally
"loosening,"
from paralyein "disable, enfeeble," from para- "beside"
(see para-
(1)) + lyein "loosen, untie" (from PIE root *leu-
"to loosen, divide, cut apart"). Figurative meaning "loss
of energy, loss of the power of performing regular functions" is
from 1813. Earlier form was paralysie (late 14c., see palsy).
Old English equivalent was lyft adl (see left
(adj.)) or crypelnes "crippleness."
palsy
(n.)
In
English since c. 1300, palesie, "weakness, numbness, paralysis,
loss of ability to speak, failure of a part of the body to function
properly," from Anglo-French parlesie, Old French paralisie,
from Vulgar Latin *paralysia, from Latin paralysis, from
Greek paralysis
"paralysis, palsy," literally "loosening,"
from paralyein "disable, enfeeble," from para-
"beside" (see para- (1)) + lyein "loosen,
untie" (from PIE root *leu- "to loosen, divide, cut
apart").
Strong's
Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries
G3885
παραλυτικός
paralutikos
par-al-oo-tee-kos'
Fromparaluō;
to loosen
beside,
that is, relax
(perfect passive participle paralyzed
or enfeebled;
as if dissolved,
that is, “paralytic”: - that had (sick of) the palsy.
Total
KJV occurrences: 10
Thayer's
Greek Definitions
G3885
παραλυτικός
paralutikos
1)
paralytic 1a) suffering from the relaxing of the nerves of one’s
side 1b) disabled, weak of limb Part
of Speech: adjective
OTHER
REFERENCES
Popular
New Testament.
“And
paralytics." The
original word corresponds exactly. Those afflicted with morbid
relaxation of the nerves, as in paralysis and apoplexy.
King
James Concordance.
G3885
ADJECTIVE Total
KJV Occurrences:
21 times
translated
sick, 11 times
Matthew
8:6,
Matthew
9:2
(2), Matthew
9:6,
Mark
2:3-5
(3), Mark
2:9-10
(2), Luke
5:24,
Acts
9:33
translated
palsy, 10
Matthew
4:24,
Matthew
8:6,
Matthew
9:2
(2), Matthew
9:6,
Mark
2:3-5
(3), Mark
2:9-10
(2)
G3886
PARTICIPLE Total
KJV Occurrences:
5
palsy,
3 times Luke
5:18,
Luke
5:24,
Acts
9:33
feeble,
1 Hebrews
12:12
palsies,
1 Acts
8:7
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that
were
possessedwith
them:and
many taken with
palsies,
and
that were lame, were healed.
NOTICE THE DISTINCTION IN THIS TEXT.
Strong's
#G3885
Matthew
4:24 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.
Sicknesses
were listed separately.
Matthew
8:6
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievously tormented.
Matthew
9:2
And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy,
lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of
the palsy;Son,
be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
This
may suggest that this palsy had been self-caused by the sick man.??
Or, Jesus was asserting His double power.
Matthew
9:6But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive
sins,
(then saith he to the sick of the palsy,)
Arise,
take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. HAD
SINS CAUSED IT?
Mark
2:3
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy,
which was borne of four.
Mark
2:4
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they
uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it
up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy
lay.
Mark
2:5
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy,
Son,
thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mark
2:9Whether
is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy,Thysins
be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mark
2:10But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive
sins,
(he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Luke
5:18
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a
palsy:G3886:
and they sought means
to bring him in, and to lay him
before him.
Luke
5:24But
that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive
sins,
(he said unto the sick of the palsyG3886,)
I
say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
Acts
9:33
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his
bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.G3886
Acts
8:7
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that
were possessed with
them:
and
many taken with palsies,G3886
and that were lame, were healed.
Hebrews
12:12
Wherefore
lift up the hands which
hang down,
and
the
feebleG3886
knees;
