A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g3105 | Greek: mainomai |
Mad, Madness:
"to rage, be mad," is translated by the verb "to be mad" in Jhn 10:20; Act 12:15; 26:24, 25; 1Cr 14:23; See BESIDE ONESELF, No. 2.
A-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g1693 | Greek: emmainomai |
Mad, Madness:
an intensive form of No. 1, prefixed by en, "in," implying "fierce rage, to be furious against;" it is rendered "being exceedingly mad" in Act 26:11 (cp. Act 9:1).
B-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g3130 | Greek: mania |
Mad, Madness:
akin to A, and transliterated into English, denotes "frenzy, madness," Act 26:24 "(thy much learning doth turn thee to) madness," RV; AV, "(doth make thee) mad."
B-2 | Noun | Strong's Number: g454 | Greek: anoia |
Mad, Madness:
lit., "without understanding" (a, negative, nous, "mind, understanding"), denotes "folly," 2Ti 3:9, and this finding its expression in violent rage, Luk 6:11.
See FOLLY.
B-3 | Noun | Strong's Number: g3913 | Greek: paraphronia |
Mad, Madness:
"madness" (from para, "contrary to," and phren, "the mind"), is used in 2Pe 2:16. Cp. paraphroneo, 2Cr 11:23, "I speak like one distraught."
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