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Strong's #3105: mainomai (pronounced mah'-ee-nom-ahee)

middle voice from a primary mao (to long for; through the idea of insensate craving); to rave as a "maniac":--be beside self (mad).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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mainomai

1) to be mad, to rave

1a) of one who so speaks that he seems not to be in his right mind

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: middle voice from a primary mao (to long for, through the idea of insensate craving)

Citing in TDNT: 4:360, 548




Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

John 10:20: "He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?"
Acts 12:15: "said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was"
Acts 26:24: "with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee"
Acts 26:25: "But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but"
1 Corinthians 14:23: "will they not say that ye are mad?"









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