μαίνομαι
mainomai · be insane
Greek word · Strong’s number G3105 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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mainomai (μαίνομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be insane”.
Be mad, rave, talk out of one's mind.
How to say it
mai·no·mai
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Have lost one's reason.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- You are out of your mind ×2
- out of his mind ×1
- out of my mind ×1
- you are out of your minds ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- John 10:20
Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of his mind; why do you listen to him?”
- Acts 12:15
But they said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so. And they were saying, “It is his angel.”
- Acts 26:24
And while he was saying these things in his defense, Festus says in a loud voice, “You are out of your mind, Paul; your great learning is driving you to madness.”
- Acts 26:25
But Paul says, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am uttering words of truth and sound judgment.
- 1 Corinthians 14:23
If then the whole assembly comes together in the same place and all speak in tongues, and uninstructed people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?