Bible Dictionaries
Mad, Madness

　　A — 1: μαίνομαι ►

　　(Strong's #3105 — Verb — mainomai — mah'ee-nom-ahee )

　　"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.

　　A — 2: ἐμμαίνομαι ►

　　(Strong's #1693 — Verb — emmainomai — em-mah'ee-nom-ahee )

　　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 ).

　　B — 1: μανία ►

　　(Strong's #3130 — Noun Feminine — mania — man-ee'-ah )

　　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."

　　B — 2: ἄνοια ►

　　(Strong's #454 — Noun Feminine — anoia — an'-oy-ah )

　　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.

　　B — 3: παραφρονία ►

　　(Strong's #3913 — Noun Feminine — paraphronia — par-af-ron-ee'-ah )

　　"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."