(n.) The falling sickness, so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles.EPILEPSY

ep'-i-lep-si.

See LUNATIC.

875. aphrizo -- to foam at the mouth
... foam. From aphros; to froth at the mouth (in epilepsy) -- foam. see GREEK aphros.
(aphrizei) -- 1 Occurrence. (aphrizon) -- 1 Occurrence. 874, 875. ...
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4682. sparasso -- to mangle, convulse
... from spairo (to grasp; apparently strengthened from spao through the idea of spasmodic
contraction); to mangle, ie Convluse with epilepsy -- rend, tear. ...
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Spiritual Epileptics.
... at considerable intervals, during which he who suffers from it seems in no way to
differ from the man in good health, at the season when the epilepsy is not ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/4 spiritual epileptics.htm

Note on Demons.
... that our Lord found a general belief in demoniacal agency, which attributed to demons
various diseases, including some forms of lunacy, and epilepsy, that he ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/note on demons.htm

Whether it is Lawful for a Priest to Refrain Entirely from ...
... sometimes happens that those who are already ordained as priests incur defects whereby
they are hindered from celebrating, such as leprosy or epilepsy, or the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for 18.htm

The Demoniac Boy
... The demon which afflicts him is dumb; it works in the guise of epilepsy, and as
a disease it is affected by the changes of the moon; a malicious design is ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 9 14-29 the demoniac boy.htm

A Desperate Case --How to Meet It
... will. This lad seems also to have been afflicted with what is here called
lunacy, which was, indeed, only a form of epilepsy. He ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/a desperate casehow to meet.htm

The Fulton St. Prayer Meeting.
... CURED OF EPILEPSY. "I wrote you to aid me by your prayers, that my afflicted
son, who was troubled with epilepsy, might be cured. ...
/.../various/the wonders of prayer/the fulton st prayer meeting.htm

Miracles.
... div of concupiscence," adopted by the Jews under the name of Asmodeus,[2] became
the cause of all the hysterical afflictions of women.[3] Epilepsy, mental and ...
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Argument: the Story About Christians Drinking the Blood of an ...
... Catiline to conspire under a compact of blood, and Bellona to steep her sacred rites
with a draught of human gore, and taught men to heal epilepsy with the ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxx argument the story about.htm

That I May Refute More Thoroughly These Charges, I Will Show that ...
... Those, too, who at the gladiator shows, for the cure of epilepsy, quaff with greedy
thirst the blood of criminals slain in the arena, as it flows fresh from ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter ix that i may.htm

The Demoniac
... He had become liable to convulsions and fits of epilepsy, which all men mistook,
and which the wretched youth himself mistook, for demoniac possession. ...
/.../chapter vi the demoniac.htm

Epilepsy
... loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. EPILEPSY. ep'-i-lep-si. See LUNATIC. ...
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Epileptic (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy. 2. (n.) One
affected with epilepsy. 3. (n.) A medicine for the cure of epilepsy. ...
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Lunatick (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia LUNATIC(K). lu'-na-tik: I. Epilepsy. 1.
Incorrect Translation: The English word "lunatic," which ...
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Fit (47 Occurrences)
... 15. (n.) A stroke or blow. 16. (n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a
stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or ...
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Disease (213 Occurrences)
... Fevers of several kinds, dysentery, leprosy, intestinal worms, plague, nervous diseases
such as paralysis and epilepsy, insanity, ophthalmia and skin diseases ...
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Daemoniac
... permitted by God to exercise an influence both over the souls and bodies of men,
inflicting dumbness (Matthew 9:32), blindness (12:22), epilepsy (Mark 9:17-27 ...
/d/daemoniac.htm - 7k

Diseases (38 Occurrences)
... Fevers of several kinds, dysentery, leprosy, intestinal worms, plague, nervous diseases
such as paralysis and epilepsy, insanity, ophthalmia and skin diseases ...
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Smiting (76 Occurrences)
... The latter was supposed to cause lunacy (hence, the name), and epilepsy, so in Matthew
4:24 the word rendered "lunatic" (the King James Version) for "epileptic ...
/s/smiting.htm - 31k

Thorn (30 Occurrences)
... Krenkel has at great length argued that it was epilepsy, and thereby endeavors to
account for his trances and his falling to the earth on his way to Damascus ...
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Sun (1708 Occurrences)
... The latter was supposed to cause lunacy (hence, the name), and epilepsy, so in Matthew
4:24 the word rendered "lunatic" (the King James Version) for "epileptic ...
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