Palsy
From Gr. παράλυσις (παρά and λύω ‘to loosen’) came Lat. paralysis, whence Fr. paralysie. In Old Fr. there were several forms, of which paralasie and palasie are typical. In Middle Eng. also the longer and shorter forms were in use with a great variety of spelling, paralisie, parlesi, alasie, palasye,t palesie, palsey, palsye, etc. hus ‘ paralysis’ and ‘palsy’ are doublets.
The former gradually We out of common use, and does not occur in AV ; but now it is supplanting the latter, except in echoes of biblical language. The subst. παράλυσις is used only once (Ezk 21) )) in LXX. It isnot used in NT; ‘ palsy’ is the tr. of either the adj. παραλυτικός or the verb παραλύομιαι, generally in the form ‘sick of the palsy.’ When the Greek is the verb (Lk 5'*, Ac 57 05) RV translates by the Old Eng. verb ‘ to palsy,’ which is not used in AV, but occurs twice in Shaks. Coriol.
v. ii. 46, and Meas. for Meas. 11. i. 36— All thy blessed youth Becomes as aged, and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld’; and is still in poetic use. see under MEDICINE, p. 326. These two forins are found in Wyclif’s version. ¢ As in Chaucer, Rom, of Rose, A 1098— ‘The mordaunt, wought In noble wyse, Was of a stoon ful precious, That was so fyn and vertuous, That hool a man it coude make Of palasye, and of tooth-ake For palsy or paralysis J, HASTINGS. PALTI (ede, adr(e)l).—1.
One of the twelve men sent by Moses to spy out the land, Nu 13%. He was the representative of the tribe of Benjamin. 2, The man to whom Michal, David’s wife, was given by Saul, 1S 254 See MICHAL, MARRIAGE, . 274°.” In 2S 3" he is called Paltiel. See follow- ing article under No. 2. J. A. SELBIE. PALTIEL (bxed2 Φαλτ(ε)ιήλ)., -Ἴ, The prince of Issachar, one of those appointed to divide the land, Nu 34", 2, 2S 3", the same as Palti of 1S 25“. It is uncertain which is the original form.
Paltiel is quite in place in P’s list of names in Nu 34, but is = so in 2S 3%, where moreover Palti has the support of the Syr. and Arab. versions (see Gray, He, Proper ‘ames, 204, 310). Libr, on the other hand, takes Palti to be a shortened form of Paltiel ‘my refuge is El.’ J. A. SELBIE.
Smith's Bible Dictionary on 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 Testament were various:— The paralytic shock affecting the whole body, or apoplexy. That affecting only one side. Affecting the whole system below the neck. 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.” (Matthew 12:10-13) 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. (Matthew 4:24; 8:13) etc.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Palsy
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.
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