ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΗΣΑΣ, παραφρονησας
PARAPHRONĒSAS, paraphronēsas
Sounds Like: pa-ra-fro-NEE-sas
Translations: having become mad, having gone out of one's mind, having lost one's senses, having acted foolishly
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle, meaning 'having become mad' or 'having gone out of one's mind'. It describes someone who has lost their senses or acted foolishly. It is a compound word formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'beyond', and 'φρονέω' (phroneo), meaning 'to think' or 'to be in one's right mind'. Thus, it literally means 'to think beside oneself' or 'to think beyond what is proper'. It is often used to describe a state of mental derangement or extreme folly.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G3912 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 13:1
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
- 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
- ΠΑΡΑΦΡΟΝΩ — to be out of one's mind, to be beside oneself, to be insane, to be mad
- 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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