Strong G3130μανία
insanity
- Transliteration
- mania
- Pronunciation
- man-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3105; craziness: - [+ make] X mad.
Detailed definition
μανία, -ας, ἡ
(μαίνομαι) [in LXX: Hos.9:7-8 מַשְׂטֵמָה), Wis.5:4, al.;]
frenzy, madness: Act.26:24.†
(AS)
(μαίνομαι) [in LXX: Hos.9:7-8 מַשְׂטֵמָה), Wis.5:4, al.;]
frenzy, madness: Act.26:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3130 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mad1
First verses
- 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μᾰνία,
A Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (μαίνομαι) madness, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.5, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 958 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πολλὴν καταγνῶναι μ. τινῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.133; μέχρι μανίας ἡ σφοδρὰ ἡδονὴ κατέχουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 45e; μανίη νοῦσος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.75: frequently in _plural_, Legal Solonis cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.14, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1231, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 879, 1057 (both _anapaest meter_), etc.)]
A.II enthusiasm, inspired frenzy, μ. Διονύσου πάρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 305; ἀπὸ Μουσῶν κατοκωχή τε καὶ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245a)]; θεία μ., opposed to σωφροσύνη ἀνθρωπίνη,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 256b, compare “Prt.” 323b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.16; τῆς φιλοσόφου μ. τε καὶ βακχείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b.)]
A.III passion, ἐρωτικὴ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 265b; μανίην μανεὶς ἀρίστην “Anacreontea” 59.2: frequently in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.39, “N.” 11.48, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 835; ἐγγὺς μανιῶν ἐλαύνει [prev. author] “Heracl.” 904 (Lyric poetry))]; μανίη τινός mad desire for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.85.)]
A Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (μαίνομαι) madness, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.5, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 958 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πολλὴν καταγνῶναι μ. τινῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.133; μέχρι μανίας ἡ σφοδρὰ ἡδονὴ κατέχουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 45e; μανίη νοῦσος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.75: frequently in _plural_, Legal Solonis cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.14, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1231, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 879, 1057 (both _anapaest meter_), etc.)]
A.II enthusiasm, inspired frenzy, μ. Διονύσου πάρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 305; ἀπὸ Μουσῶν κατοκωχή τε καὶ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245a)]; θεία μ., opposed to σωφροσύνη ἀνθρωπίνη,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 256b, compare “Prt.” 323b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.16; τῆς φιλοσόφου μ. τε καὶ βακχείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b.)]
A.III passion, ἐρωτικὴ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 265b; μανίην μανεὶς ἀρίστην “Anacreontea” 59.2: frequently in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.39, “N.” 11.48, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 835; ἐγγὺς μανιῶν ἐλαύνει [prev. author] “Heracl.” 904 (Lyric poetry))]; μανίη τινός mad desire for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.85.)]