παραφρονέω (parafronέō) — to not be in one’s right mind / to be insane / to be mad

Notes: It is possible that there are some significant differences in meaning between the set μαίνομαι / μανία and the set παραφρονέω / παραφρονία, but the difference is likely to be more connotative than denotative, as, for example, the distinction in English between crazy and insane.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: φρονέω

Sense 1: to not be in one’s right mind, to be insane, to be mad, to be out of one’s mind, insanity, madness

Semantic entry: 30.24

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Think, Thought

Definition: to think or reason in a completely irrational manner{N:001}

Show passage in OET: CO2 11:23

OET-RV CO2 11:23

23 Are they Messiah’s servants? Well, I’m above them (speaking insanely now): I’ve worked harder, been in prison more often, endured uncountable beatings, and been close to death more often.

OET-LV CO2 11:23

23 Servants of_chosen _one /messiah they _are?
(Being _insane I _am _speaking), above them I am:
in labours more _abundantly, in prisons more _abundantly, in beatings beyond _measure, in deaths often.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

παραφρονέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to not be in one’s right mind, to be insane, to be mad, to be out of one’s mind, insanity, madness