In the context of the Bible, the term "strokes" is not directly mentioned as it relates to modern medical conditions such as cerebrovascular accidents (strokes). However, the Bible does address various ailments, afflictions, and divine interventions that can be interpreted in light of contemporary understanding of health and disease.

Biblical Context of Illness and Affliction

The Bible often attributes illness and physical afflictions to spiritual causes, divine judgment, or as a means for God to demonstrate His power and glory. In the Old Testament, diseases and physical ailments are sometimes seen as consequences of sin or disobedience to God's commandments. For example, in Deuteronomy 28:27-28 , God warns the Israelites of the consequences of disobedience: "The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering rashes, and itching, from which you cannot be cured. The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind."

Healing and Miracles

The New Testament provides numerous accounts of Jesus healing the sick, which can be seen as a demonstration of His divine authority and compassion. While specific conditions like strokes are not mentioned, the general principle of healing is evident. In Matthew 4:24 , it is recorded: "News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed—and He healed them."

Spiritual Interpretation

From a spiritual perspective, strokes and other serious health conditions can be seen as opportunities for faith and reliance on God. The Bible encourages believers to seek God in times of trouble and to trust in His sovereignty. James 5:14-15 advises: "Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven."

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility

While the Bible acknowledges God's sovereignty over life and death, it also emphasizes human responsibility in caring for one's body. Believers are encouraged to maintain their health as a form of stewardship. In 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 , Paul writes: "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body."

Prayer and Faith

Prayer is a central response to illness in the Christian faith. Believers are encouraged to pray for healing, wisdom, and strength. Philippians 4:6-7 states: "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

In summary, while the Bible does not specifically address strokes as understood in modern medicine, it provides a framework for understanding illness through the lens of faith, divine purpose, and the hope of healing through God's power.4112. mahalummoth -- strokes, blows
... 4111, 4112. mahalummoth. 4113 . strokes, blows. Transliteration: mahalummoth
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-hal-oom-maw') Short Definition: blows. ...
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4347. makkah -- a blow, wound, slaughter
... Usage blow (1), casualties (1), crushed (1), disasters (1), inflicted (1), injury
(1), plague (3), plagues (4), slaughter (14), stripes (1), strokes (2), wound ...
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5061. nega -- a stroke, plague, mark
... mark NASB Word Usage affliction (2), another (1), assault (2), infection (30), mark
(32), plague (6), plagues (1), stripes (1), stroke (1), strokes (1), wounds ...
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The Removal of Our Children by Such Awful Strokes May Warn us of ...
... 2. THE Removal of our Children by such awful Strokes may warn us of the
Approach of our own Death. HEREBY GOD doth very sensibly ...
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The Sculptor's Work
... A long time I watched him, still wondering. At last he made a few quick strokes
on one end of the stone, and I saw the outline of a head appear. ...
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"And we all do Fade as a Leaf, and Our Iniquities, Like the Wind ...
... there may be still some reason gotten for it in the creature beside the will of
God; so that, to speak with reverence of his majesty, strokes are often drawn ...
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Abraham
... who ruled over men, over their good and bad fortunes, over the weather, the cattle,
the crops, sending burning drought, pestilence, sun-strokes, and those moon ...
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New Orders of Monks; Military Orders
... Thus Columban's rule laid down that any monk who should call anything his own should
receive six strokes, and appointed the same punishment for everyone who ...
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Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. And when the Lord Saw Her, He had ...
... Leave all to God. Be still and trust! For His strokes are strokes of love,.
Thou must for thy profit bear; He thy filial fear would move,. ...
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Psalm 103:4. 8-18. Second Part. SM Abounding Compassion of God; Or ...
... abate. 2 God will not always chide; And when his strokes are felt, His strokes
are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. ...
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Concerning the Arguments which Nigidius the Mathematician Drew ...
... having whirled round the potter's wheel with all his strength he marked it with
ink, striking it twice with the utmost rapidity, so that the strokes seemed to ...
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Psalm 103 Part 2 Abounding Compassion of God; Or, Mercy in the ...
... So ready to abate. God will not always chide; And when his strokes are felt,. His
strokes are fewer than our crimes,. And lighter than our guilt. ...
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Revelation of Moses.
... shall the house be hidden from him that built it? And He says, Since thou hast forsaken
my covenant, I have brought upon thy body seventy strokes. ...
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Strokes (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Strokes (8 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 28:59 then
hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes...
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Toll (8 Occurrences)
... allure. See Tole. 3. (vt) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly
and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. 4 ...
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Roll (57 Occurrences)
... rollers or small wheels. 8. (n.) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes,
as a drum; to sound a roll upon. 9. (n.) To apply (one ...
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Stroke (26 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) Hence, by extension, an addition or amendment to a written composition;
a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay. ...
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Stedfast (84 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:59 then hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes
of thy seed -- great strokes, and stedfast, and evil sicknesses, and stedfast. ...
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Writing (194 Occurrences)
... It begins with the whole object or image, passes to the characteristic part, reduces
this to the fewest possible strokes which retain likeness ...
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Line (131 Occurrences)
... sections. 35. (n.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged
strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 36. ...
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Whip (7 Occurrences)
... a carpet. 2. (vt) To drive with lashes or strokes of a whip; to cause to
rotate by lashing with a cord; as, to whip a top. 3. (vt ...
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Flourish (26 Occurrences)
... and irregular motion. 5. (vi) To make ornamental strokes with the pen;
to write graceful, decorative figures. 6. (vi) To execute ...
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Reproved (20 Occurrences)
... 7:14 I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings
perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons ...
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