A shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord (Matthew 4:24; 8:5-13; 9:2-7; Mark 2:3-11; Luke 7:2-10; John 5:5-7) and the apostles (Acts 8:7; 9:33, 34).

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) Paralysis, complete or partial.

2. (v. t.) To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.