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Mad, Madness
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "to rage, be mad," is translated by the verb "to be mad" in John 10:20; Acts 12:15; 26:24,25; 1 Corinthians 14:23; see BESIDE ONESELF , No. 2.
an intensive form of No. 1, prefixed by en, "in," implying "fierce rage, to be furious against;" it is rendered "being exceedingly mad" in Acts 26:11 (cp. Acts 9:1 ).
akin to A, and transliterated into English, denotes "frenzy, madness," Acts 26:24 "(thy much learning doth turn thee to) madness," RV; AV, "(doth make thee) mad."
lit., "without understanding" (a, negative, nous, "mind, understanding"), denotes "folly," 2 Timothy 3:9 , and this finding its expression in violent rage, Luke 6:11 . See FOLLY.
"madness" (from para, "contrary to," and phren, "the mind"), is used in 2 Peter 2:16 . Cp. paraphroneo, 2 Corinthians 11:23 , "I speak like one distraught."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Mad, Madness'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/m/mad-madness.html. 1940.
