Paralýō — G3886

Definition

verb

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

1. to loosen, dissolve, hence, to weaken, enfeeble

Usually translated as

palsy, feeble, sick of the

Origin

from G3844 and G3089

• pará (G3844)
• lýō (G3089)

Occurrences

Paralýō occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (2), Acts (2), Hebrews (1)

• Luke 5:18 — And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy (παραλελυμένος): and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
• Luke 5:24 — But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy (παραλελυμένῳ),) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
• Acts 8:7 — For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies (παραλελυμένοι), and that were lame, were healed.
• Acts 9:33 — And there he found a certain man named Æneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy (παραλελυμένος).
• Hebrews 12:12 — Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble (παραλελυμένα) knees;