Dictionary entry

παραλύω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

παρα-λύω,

[in LXX: Je 6:24, 27:43, Ez 21:7 (12) (רפה), etc.;]

1. to loose from the side, set free.

2. to weaken, enfeeble; pass., to be enfeebled, esp. by a paralytic stroke: Lk 5:18, 24, Ac 8:7 9:33, He 12:12^(LXX).†