Quick Definition
σεληνιάζομαι v. I am a lunatic
Strong's Definition
middle voice or passive from a presumed derivative of 4582; to be moon-struck, i.e. crazy
KJV Usage: be a lunatic
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σεληνιάζομαι ; (σελήνη) ; [lit to be moon-struck (cf. lunatic); see Wetstein on Mt. iv. 24; Suicer, Thesaur. ii. 945 sq.; BB. DD. 8. v. Lunatic]; to be epileptic (epilepsy being supposed to return and increase with the increase of the moon): Mt. iv. 24; xvii.15. (Manetho carm. 4, 81 and 217; [Lcian., al.]; eccles. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σεληνιάζομαι selēniazomai 2x
to be a lunatic, Mt. 4:24; 17:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† σεληνιάζω
(< σελήνη),
act, in Manetho (Carm., 4, 81), in NT depon. -ομαι, to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic (epilepsy being supposed to be influenced by the moon): Mt 4:24 17:15.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σεληνιάζομαι ἔσται σισμός (‘‘terrae motus,” Ed.). The word is used metaphorically in Preisigke 56751 (B.c. 184-3) τοὺ]ς δὲ διαφορᾶς ἢ σεισμοῦ χάριν καταπέϊμπετε] πρὸς ἡμᾶς παρᾳχρῆμα, and P Par 1557 (B.c. 120) ὁμολογουμένως δ᾽ ἐπὶ συκοφαντείᾳ καὶ σεισμῷ ἐπαγειοχόϊτος.. .] ἔγκλημα : cf. σεῖσμα in Ρ Tebt I. 415 (c. B.c. 110) εἰσπραχθέντος τὰ σείσματα, ‘being made to refund his extortions” (Edd.). See also s.7. διασείω.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σεληνιάζομαι (selēniazomai) — be epileptic. σελην-ιάζομαι, passive, to be moonstruck, i.e. epileptic, [NT+2nd c.AD+]
2. to be sublunar, i.e. subject to change and decay, -ομένης τῆς φύσεως[Refs 5th c.BC+]