The term "bedridden" refers to a state of being confined to bed due to illness, injury, or infirmity. While the Bible does not explicitly use the term "bedridden," it does provide accounts of individuals who were incapacitated and confined to their beds due to various ailments. These narratives often highlight themes of faith, healing, and divine intervention.

Biblical Accounts of Bedridden Individuals

1. The Paralytic Lowered Through the Roof (Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26): One of the most notable accounts involves a paralytic man who was bedridden and unable to move. His friends, demonstrating great faith, lowered him through the roof of a house where Jesus was teaching. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven" (Mark 2:5). He then commanded the man to rise, take up his mat, and walk, resulting in immediate healing and amazement among the onlookers.

2. The Healing of Aeneas (Acts 9:32-35): Aeneas was a man who had been bedridden for eight years due to paralysis. The Apostle Peter, visiting the town of Lydda, encountered Aeneas and declared, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed" (Acts 9:34). Aeneas was instantly healed, and his recovery led many in the region to turn to the Lord.

3. Hezekiah's Illness (2 Kings 20:1-11; Isaiah 38:1-8): King Hezekiah of Judah became severely ill and was bedridden. The prophet Isaiah informed him that he would not recover. However, Hezekiah prayed earnestly to the Lord, and God granted him an additional fifteen years of life. This account underscores the power of prayer and God's sovereignty over life and death.

Themes and Lessons

· Faith and Healing: The accounts of bedridden individuals in the Bible often emphasize the importance of faith, both on the part of the afflicted and those around them. The healing of the paralytic and Aeneas illustrates how faith can lead to miraculous healing and restoration.

· Divine Intervention: These accounts highlight God's power to intervene in human suffering. Whether through the direct actions of Jesus or the apostles, divine intervention brings about physical healing and spiritual renewal.

· Prayer and Repentance: Hezekiah's account demonstrates the efficacy of prayer and repentance. His earnest plea to God resulted in an extension of his life, showing that God hears and responds to the prayers of the faithful.

· Community and Support: The paralytic's friends played a crucial role in his healing by bringing him to Jesus. This underscores the importance of community support and intercession for those who are bedridden or suffering.

In summary, while the Bible does not use the term "bedridden," it provides rich narratives that offer insight into God's compassion and power to heal those who are incapacitated. These accounts encourage believers to have faith, pray earnestly, and support one another in times of illness and distress.(v. i.) Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity.2621. katakeimai -- to lie down, recline
... Word Origin from kata and keimai Definition to lie down, recline NASB Word Usage
bedridden* (1), dining (1), lay (1), lying (4), lying sick (1), reclining (4). ...
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1909. epi -- on, upon
... NASB Word Usage about (4), above (2), after (2), against (41), among (2), any (2),
around (2), basis (4), because (2), because* (2), bedridden* (1), before (24 ...
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2895. krabattos -- a camp bed
... See Mt 9:6, Jn 5:3,8. Word Origin of Macedonian origin Definition a camp bed NASB
Word Usage bedridden* (1), pallet (8), pallets (2). bed, mattress. ...
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Grace for Living.
... never forget. A Christian friend wanted me to go and have a talk with
him. He had been bedridden for many years. This afflicted ...
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The Angel
... "I will tell you why, as we fly onward. "Down yonder in the narrow lane, in the
low cellar, lived a poor sick boy; from his childhood he had been bedridden. ...
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All the Miracles of Richard:
... her tell her neighbours. Thomas: bedridden: hearing in the night a voice
bidding him to send a candle of 1 1/2 lbs. to be burnt ...
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S. Theophanes
... From the fiftieth year of his age he was nearly bedridden; but his devotion to the
cause of Icons marked him out as one of the earliest victims of Leo the ...
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Copies of Christ's Manner
... The other was appropriate to a man bedridden in his own house; and it had precisely
the same purpose as the analogous injunction from our Lord, 'Take up thy ...
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What I Think of Myself and what God Thinks of Me
... Some one says that 'recognised truths lie bedridden in the dormitory of the soul,
side by side with exploded errors.' And I am afraid that that is true of this ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/what i think of myself.htm

"It's Better Higher Up. "
... And there they found this bedridden saint"one of those saints whom God
is polishing for his own temple"just beaming with joy. ...
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A Miracle.
... said to me: "My darling son, it is right that I should bid farewell to the woman
who took me in; for she is poor, and paralytic, and bedridden." When Peter and ...
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Epistle ii. From the Roman Clergy to the Carthaginian Clergy ...
... Or if you have widows or bedridden people [2135] who are unable to maintain themselves,
or those who are in prisons or are excluded from their own dwellings ...
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The Spirit of Power
... hands were laid on the king's hands, because, after they had been so laid, he is
bidden to go to the window and fling it open, and the bedridden man could not ...
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Bedridden (1 Occurrence)
...Bedridden (1 Occurrence). Acts 9:33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who
had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. ...
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Bedroom (8 Occurrences)

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Longevity
... Eli was blind and feeble at 98. At 70 David was bedridden and frail. Manasseh, the
king of Judah whose reign was longest, died at 67; Uzziah died at 68. ...
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Infirm (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Weak; feeble; bedridden; as, an infirm body; an
infirm constitution. 2. (a.) Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. ...
/i/infirm.htm - 13k

Eight (81 Occurrences)
... NIV). Acts 9:33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been
bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. (WEB ...
/e/eight.htm - 31k

Eneas (2 Occurrences)
... Eneas (2 Occurrences). Acts 9:33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who
had been bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. ...
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Paralyzed (11 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV). Acts 9:33 There he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been
bedridden for eight years, because he was paralyzed. (WEB NAS RSV). ...
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Paralysis (1 Occurrence)
... Miraculous cures by our Lord are related in general terms, as in Matthew 4:24 Acts
8:7. Aeneas (Acts 9:33) was probably a paralytic eight years bedridden. ...
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Palsy (12 Occurrences)
... Miraculous cures by our Lord are related in general terms, as in Matthew 4:24 Acts
8:7. Aeneas (Acts 9:33) was probably a paralytic eight years bedridden. ...
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Bediah (1 Occurrence)

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