Strong’s G3105 · Greek
μαίνομαι
maínomai
Definition
through the idea of insensate craving); to rave as a "maniac"
Etymology
middle voice from a primary (to long for;
Where the KJV renders it
- be beside self (mad)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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