ΦΡΕΝΟΒΛΑΒΕΙΑ, φρενοβλαβεια
PHRENOBLABEIA, phrenoblabeia
Sounds Like: phreh-no-BLAH-beh-yah
Translations: madness, insanity, mental derangement, a mental injury
From the root: ΦΡΗΝ, ΒΛΑΒΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound noun referring to a state of mental derangement or injury to the mind. It describes a condition where one's intellect or reason is harmed, leading to madness or unsoundness of mind. It can be used to describe someone acting irrationally or suffering from a mental illness.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5430 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΡΗΝ, ΒΛΑΒΗ.
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.
- ΦΡΕΝΟΒΛΑΒΗΣ — mind-diseased, insane, mad, deranged, foolish
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