What does παραλυτικός (paralytikós) mean in the Bible?
παραλυτικός (paralytikós): One whose limbs are loosed or disabled, unable to move voluntarily or control bodily functions.
Greek · G3885
παραλυτικός
Paralytic
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παραλυτικός G3885
Pronunciation paralytikós
What does παραλυτικός (paralytikós) mean in the Bible?
παραλυτικός (paralytikós): One whose limbs are loosed or disabled, unable to move voluntarily or control bodily functions.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3885?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include paralytic (5), a paralytic (2), [the] paralyzed (1), paralyzed (1), to a paralytic (1).
Where does παραλυτικός (paralytikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (5), Matthew (5).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It paralytic 5× Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:6, Mark 2:4, Mark 2:5
a paralytic 2× Matthew 9:2, Mark 2:3
[the] paralyzed 1× Matthew 4:24
paralyzed 1× Matthew 8:6
to a paralytic 1× Mark 2:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 4:24 παραλυτικούς to [the] paralyzed Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 8:6 παραλυτικός to paralyzed Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 9:2 παραλυτικὸν to a paralytic Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 9:2 παραλυτικῷ to paralytic Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 9:6 παραλυτικῷ to paralytic Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 2:3 παραλυτικὸν to a paralytic Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 2:4 παραλυτικὸς to paralytic Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 2:5 παραλυτικῷ to paralytic Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 2:9 παραλυτικῷ to to a paralytic Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Mark 2:10 παραλυτικῷ to paralytic Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 4:24
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 2
Matthew 5 Mark 5
Source forms
παραλυτικῷ 5x paralytikō Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:6, Mark 2:5, Mark 2:9
παραλυτικὸν 2x paralytikon Matthew 9:2, Mark 2:3
παραλυτικός 1x paralytikos Matthew 8:6
παραλυτικὸς 1x paralytikos Mark 2:4
παραλυτικούς 1x paralytikous Matthew 4:24
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 5x Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:6, Mark 2:5, Mark 2:9
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 9:2, Mark 2:3
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 8:6, Mark 2:4
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 4:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One whose limbs are loosed or disabled, unable to move voluntarily or control bodily functions.
Strong's G3885
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 4 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
paralytic
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 4:24 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
παραλυτικούς· paralutikouv
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Matthew 8:6 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικός, paralutikov
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Matthew 9:2 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικὸν paralutikon
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Matthew 9:2 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικῷ, paralutikw
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Matthew 9:6 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικῷ), paralutikw
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Mark 2:3 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικὸν paralutikon
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Mark 2:4 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικὸς paralutikov
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Mark 2:5 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικῷ, paralutikw
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Mark 2:9 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικῷ, paralutikw
afflicted with paralysis
Read verse Mark 2:10 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
παραλυτικῷ), paralutikw
afflicted with paralysis
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Dative (5) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:6 · Mark 2:4 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:6 · Mark 2:5 · Mark 2:9 · Mark 2:10 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 9:2 · Mark 2:3 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:24 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 5:17–26 παραλυτικὸς paralytikós
Paralyzed man
Showing 1 selected witness from 10 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
παραλυτικός is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain