Strong G3105μαίνομαι
to rave
- Transliteration
- mainomai
- Pronunciation
- mah'ee-nom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice from a primary word μάω maō (to long for; through the idea of insensate craving); to rave as a maniac: - be beside self (mad).
Detailed definition
μαίνομαι
[in LXX: Jer.25:16 (הָלַל hith.) Jer.29:26 (שָׁגַע pu.), Wis.14:28, a).;]
1. to rage, be furious.
2. to rave, be mad: Jhn.10:29, Act.12:15 26:24-25, 1Co.14:23 (cf. ἐμ-μαίνομαι).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Jer.25:16 (הָלַל hith.) Jer.29:26 (שָׁגַע pu.), Wis.14:28, a).;]
1. to rage, be furious.
2. to rave, be mad: Jhn.10:29, Act.12:15 26:24-25, 1Co.14:23 (cf. ἐμ-μαίνομαι).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3105 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- art2
- be2
- mad1
- ye1
First verses
- John 10:20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
- Acts 12:15And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
- Acts 26:24And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
- Acts 26:25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
- 1 Corinthians 14:23If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μαίνομαι,
future μᾰνοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109, μᾰνήσομαι “Anthologia Graeca” 11.216 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.118 (neither found in _Attic dialect_))]: perfect with present sense μέμηνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 977, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 879, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.586f)]; Doric dialect μέμηνα uncertain in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 68)]; also in passive form μεμάνημαι [ᾰ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.31:)]aorist passive ἐμάνην, participle μᾰνείς, infinitive μᾰνῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.30, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1295)]: also aorist middle ἐμηνάμην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“CPHerm.” 7.18 (3rd c.AD))]; poetry 2nd pers. singular ἐμήναο probably in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.61)], 3rd.pers. singular μήνατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.34)]; participle μηνάμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.35 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus):—on the _active_ forms, see below 11.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] uses only present and imperfect:—rage, be furious, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)] frequently of martial rage, μαίνεσθαι ἐάσομεν οὖλον Ἄρηα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.717, compare 6.101, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.350, etc.; χεῖρες ἄαπτοι μαίνονται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.245)]; μαίνεται ἐγχείη ἀπὸ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι[Refs ([prev. work] 75; δόρυ μαίνεται ἐν παλάμῃσιν 8.111)]; rage with anger, πατὴρ.. φρεσὶ μαίνεται οὐκ ἀγαθῇσι [Refs ([prev. work] 360)]; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μ. ἦτορ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 413; φρεσὶ μαινομένῃσιν 24.114; μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 781, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 432 (both Lyric poetry); μανείσᾳ πραπίδι [prev. author] “Ba.” 999 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ μανείς the madman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 726; μ. καὶ παραπαίω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 173e, etc.; αἱ τῶν μεμηνότων αἰσθήσεις Aristocles Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.20)]; to be mad with wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.406, 21.298; μεμηνότες ὑπὸ τοῦ ποτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 18.2)]; of Bacchic frenzy, μαινόμενος Διώνυσος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.132; [Θυιάδες] μαινόμεναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1152 (Lyric poetry); Διονύσῳ μαίνεσθαι 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.7.5; ἐπὶ τῷ Δ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 223)]; ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μ. to be inspired by.., driven mad by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79)], compare μάντι; τὸ μαίνεσθαι madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1537)]; πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι I am beside myself with joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 103, 751)]; of madness in animals, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.641c, +others)]; later simply, ={ὀργίζομαι}, μαινόμενος ὅτι.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 41.11 (3rd c.BC))]: frequently with words of manner, ὁ δὲ μαίνεται οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτῶς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.355; τάδε μαίνεται 5.185: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μεμηνότ᾽ οὐ σμικρὰν νόσον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” [same place]; μ. μανίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 793; μ. μανίαν ἐρρωμένην 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 22: with _dative_, μ. γόοισι φρήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 967 (Lyric poetry); τόλμῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.24)]; πόνοις at or because of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 562 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς εὑρήμασιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 465)]; ἐπί τινι (i.e. φιλοτιμίᾳ) [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 535 (but ἐπί τινι)], of love, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.31); ἀμφί τινι 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.33; εἰς τὴν ποιητικήν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.109; κατά τινος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Abd.” 1; ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1153.)]
2 of things, rage, riot, especially of fire, ὡς ὅτ᾽.. ὀλοὸν πῦρ οὔρεσι μαίνηται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.606, compare 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 230)]; μαινόμενος οἶνος a hot, strong wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 773d)]; of feelings, ἐλπὶς μαινομένη Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77; ἔρις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 935 (Lyric poetry); ἄχεα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 957 (Lyric poetry); μαινομένᾳ ξὺν ὁρμᾷ [prev. author] “Ant.” 135 (Lyric poetry); σὺν μ. δόξᾳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 887 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 ἄμπελος μαινομένη, of a vine that is never done bearing fruit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 846a38, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.18.4.)]
4 μαινόμενα ἕλκη malignant ulcers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.14.)]
II aorist 1 active ἔμηνα, in causal sense, madden, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 520 (troch., probably in “IA” 580 (Lyric poetry)), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 561)]; enrage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.8:)]present μαίνω first in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 71.6. (Cf. μέμονα.))]
future μᾰνοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109, μᾰνήσομαι “Anthologia Graeca” 11.216 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus), 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.118 (neither found in _Attic dialect_))]: perfect with present sense μέμηνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 977, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 879, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.586f)]; Doric dialect μέμηνα uncertain in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 68)]; also in passive form μεμάνημαι [ᾰ] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.31:)]aorist passive ἐμάνην, participle μᾰνείς, infinitive μᾰνῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.30, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1295)]: also aorist middle ἐμηνάμην [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“CPHerm.” 7.18 (3rd c.AD))]; poetry 2nd pers. singular ἐμήναο probably in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.61)], 3rd.pers. singular μήνατο [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.34)]; participle μηνάμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.35 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus):—on the _active_ forms, see below 11.— 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] uses only present and imperfect:—rage, be furious, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)] frequently of martial rage, μαίνεσθαι ἐάσομεν οὖλον Ἄρηα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5.717, compare 6.101, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.350, etc.; χεῖρες ἄαπτοι μαίνονται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.245)]; μαίνεται ἐγχείη ἀπὸ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι[Refs ([prev. work] 75; δόρυ μαίνεται ἐν παλάμῃσιν 8.111)]; rage with anger, πατὴρ.. φρεσὶ μαίνεται οὐκ ἀγαθῇσι [Refs ([prev. work] 360)]; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μ. ἦτορ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 413; φρεσὶ μαινομένῃσιν 24.114; μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 781, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 432 (both Lyric poetry); μανείσᾳ πραπίδι [prev. author] “Ba.” 999 (Lyric poetry))]; ὁ μανείς the madman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 726; μ. καὶ παραπαίω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 173e, etc.; αἱ τῶν μεμηνότων αἰσθήσεις Aristocles Epigrammaticus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.20)]; to be mad with wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.406, 21.298; μεμηνότες ὑπὸ τοῦ ποτοῦ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DDeor.” 18.2)]; of Bacchic frenzy, μαινόμενος Διώνυσος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.132; [Θυιάδες] μαινόμεναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1152 (Lyric poetry); Διονύσῳ μαίνεσθαι 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.7.5; ἐπὶ τῷ Δ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 223)]; ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μ. to be inspired by.., driven mad by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.79)], compare μάντι; τὸ μαίνεσθαι madness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1537)]; πλεῖν ἢ μαίνομαι I am beside myself with joy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 103, 751)]; of madness in animals, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.641c, +others)]; later simply, ={ὀργίζομαι}, μαινόμενος ὅτι.. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 41.11 (3rd c.BC))]: frequently with words of manner, ὁ δὲ μαίνεται οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτῶς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.355; τάδε μαίνεται 5.185: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μεμηνότ᾽ οὐ σμικρὰν νόσον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” [same place]; μ. μανίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 793; μ. μανίαν ἐρρωμένην 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 22: with _dative_, μ. γόοισι φρήν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 967 (Lyric poetry); τόλμῃ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.24)]; πόνοις at or because of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 562 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς εὑρήμασιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 465)]; ἐπί τινι (i.e. φιλοτιμίᾳ) [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 535 (but ἐπί τινι)], of love, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.31); ἀμφί τινι 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.33; εἰς τὴν ποιητικήν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.109; κατά τινος 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Abd.” 1; ὑφ᾽ ἡδονῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1153.)]
2 of things, rage, riot, especially of fire, ὡς ὅτ᾽.. ὀλοὸν πῦρ οὔρεσι μαίνηται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.606, compare 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 230)]; μαινόμενος οἶνος a hot, strong wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 773d)]; of feelings, ἐλπὶς μαινομένη Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77; ἔρις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 935 (Lyric poetry); ἄχεα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 957 (Lyric poetry); μαινομένᾳ ξὺν ὁρμᾷ [prev. author] “Ant.” 135 (Lyric poetry); σὺν μ. δόξᾳ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 887 (Lyric poetry).)]
3 ἄμπελος μαινομένη, of a vine that is never done bearing fruit, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 846a38, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.18.4.)]
4 μαινόμενα ἕλκη malignant ulcers, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.14.)]
II aorist 1 active ἔμηνα, in causal sense, madden, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 520 (troch., probably in “IA” 580 (Lyric poetry)), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 561)]; enrage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.8:)]present μαίνω first in [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 71.6. (Cf. μέμονα.))]