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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