"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, Lk. 5:18, 24"
Definition and meaning
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, Lk. 5:18, 24
In the original Greek the word is written: παραλύω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of paralyo (G3886) across the King James Bible.
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
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,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
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Common questions
Strong's G3886 (paralyo) is a Greek word that means: 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, Lk. 5:... It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word paralyo (G3886) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3886 is paralyo, a Greek word defined as: 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; . James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
paralyo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.