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παραλυτικός

paralytikos · paralyzed

Greek word · Strong’s number G3885 · appears 10 times in the Bible

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What it means

paralytikos (παραλυτικός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “paralyzed”.

A paralyzed person.

How to say it

pa·ra·ly·ti·kos

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Someone who cannot move their body.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • paralyzed man ×5
  • paralytic ×3
  • paralytics ×1
  • paralyzed ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 4:24

    And the report about him went out into all Syria; and they brought to him all those who were ill, afflicted with various diseases and torments, the demon-possessed and the moonstruck and paralytics, and he healed them.

  • Matthew 8:6

    and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, terribly tormented.”

  • Matthew 9:2

    And look, they were bringing to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, “Take courage, child; your sins are forgiven.”

  • Matthew 9:6

    But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”— then he says to the paralytic— “Get up, pick up your bed, and go to your home.”

  • Mark 2:3

    And they come, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four men.

  • Mark 2:4

    And when they could not bring him to him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where he was; and having dug through, they let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

  • Mark 2:5

    And Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralyzed man, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”

  • Mark 2:9

    Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, and pick up your mat and walk’?

  • Mark 2:10

    But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” —he says to the paralyzed man—

And 1 more times.