Palsy

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PALSY.—The modern form of this word is ‘paralysis.’ See Medicine, p. 599a.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


Paralysis affecting part of the body. The "grievously tormented" (Mat_8:6) refers to the convulsions, foamings, and heavy breathings of the sufferer, giving the appearance of torment, whether himself conscious of pain or not.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Palsy. (contracted from paralysis). The loss of sensation, or the power of motion, or both, in any part of the body. The infirmities included under this name, in the New Testamen, t were various: ?
1. The paralytic shock affecting the whole body, or apoplexy.
2. That affecting only one side.
3. Affecting the whole system below the neck.
4. Catalepsy, caused by the contraction of the muscles in the whole, or a part, of the body. This was very dangerous and often fatal. The part affected remains immovable, and diminishes in size and dries up. A hand thus affected was called "a withered hand." Mat_12:10-13.
5. Cramp. This was a most dreadful disease caused by the chills of the nights. The limbs remain immovably fixed in the same position as when seized as it, and the person seems like one suffering torture. It is frequently followed, in a few days, by death. Several paralytics were cured by Jesus. Mat_4:24; Mat_8:13 etc.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


Mar_2:3 (a) This physical ailment may be used to describe the spiritual condition in which sin paralyzes the life and the activities of a person, and renders him helpless in the things of GOD.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.


Palsy
(Gr. παράλυσις, which, however, only occurs in the New Testament in the adjective form παραλυτικός, etc., one smitten with palsy) is properly a disorder which deprives the limbs of sensation or motion, or both; and it is usually attended with imbecility of mind — nor is this to be wondered at, since its immediate cause is a compression on the brain. The palsy of the New Testament is a disease of very wide import. Many infirmities seem to have been comprehended under it.
1. The Apoplexy, a paralytic shock which affected the whole body.
2. The Hemiplegy, which affects and paralyzes only one side of the body.
3. The Paraplegy, which paralyzes all the parts of the system below the neck.
4. The Catalepsy is caused by a contraction of the muscles in the whole or part of the body (e.g. in the hands), and is very dangerous.
The effects upon the parts seized are very violent and deadly. For instance, when a person is struck with it, if his hand happens to be extended, he is unable to draw it back. If the hand is not extended when he is struck with the disease, he is unable to extend it. It appears diminished in size and dried up. Hence the Hebrews were in the habit of calling it a, withered hand (1Ki_13:4; 1Ki_13:6; Zec_11:17; Mat_12:10-13; Joh_5:3).
5. The Cramp. This, in Oriental countries, is a fearful malady, and by no means unfrequent. It is caused by the chills of the night. The limbs, when seized with it, remain immovable; sometimes turned in, and sometimes out, in the same position as when they were first seized. The person afflicted resembles a man undergoing the torture, and experiences nearly the same exquisite sufferings (Mat_8:6; Luk_7:2). Our Savior is recorded to have miraculously cured several paralytics (Mat_4:24; Mat_8:13; Mat_9:2; Mat_9:6; Mar_2:3-4; Luk_5:18; Joh_5:5). SEE PARALYTIC.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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