KJV dictionary & concordance
A historical term for paralysis: loss or serious impairment of voluntary bodily movement in the whole body or a part.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Matthew 4:24
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
¶ And behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsie: and they sought meanes to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
1611 marginal noteMat. 9.2.
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
But that ye may know that the Sonne of man hath power vpon earth to forgiue sinnes (he said vnto the sicke of the palsie,) I say vnto thee, Arise, and take vp thy couch, and go into thine house.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Loss or defect of voluntary muscular motion in the whole body or a part; paralysis.
