ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΩ, παραφρονω
PARAPHRONŌ, paraphronō
Sounds Like: pa-ra-fro-NOH
Translations: to be out of one's mind, to be beside oneself, to be insane, to be mad
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the state of being mentally unsound or irrational. It implies a departure from normal or sensible thinking, often suggesting a temporary or situational loss of reason. It can be used to describe someone acting foolishly or as if they are mad.
Inflection: First Person Singular, Present Tense, Active Voice, Indicative Mood
Strong’s number: G3913 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 39:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΕΙΣ — you are out of your mind, you are insane, you are mad, you are beside yourself
- ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΕΩ — to be beside oneself, to be out of one's mind, to be insane, to act foolishly
- ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΗΣΑΣ — having become mad, having gone out of one's mind, having lost one's senses, having acted foolishly
- ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΟΥΝΤΑ — acting foolishly, being out of one's mind, being beside oneself, being deranged, being insane
- ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΟΥΤΑ — being beside oneself, acting foolishly, being mad, being out of one's mind, acting senselessly, being senseless, acting like a madman, acting like a fool
- ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΩΝ — of one who is out of their mind, of one who is insane, of one who is mad, of one who is beside themselves
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