Paralutikos identifies a person brought on a bed or unable to walk, including those addressed for healing.

The term consistently identifies a person marked by the condition seen in the healing scenes: someone carried on a bed, lying down, or summoned to rise and walk. It occurs both for individuals directly addressed and for a plural group among those brought for healing.

1. A person affected by disabling paralysis · dominant

   In Mark 2:3 the accusative singular form identifies the man whom four people bring, while Mark 2:4 places him reclining on a bed. In Mark 2:9 and Matthew 9:6, the dative singular identifies the person told to rise, take up the bed, and walk; Matthew 4:24 uses the accusative plural among people brought to be healed.

   Mark 2:3Mark 2:4Mark 2:9Matthew 4:24Matthew 9:2Matthew 9:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the person with “paralytic,” including the men brought or addressed in the healing accounts. In Matthew 8:6 it renders the clause “lying in the house paralyzed,” so the translation varies its presentation.