Lexical Summary
emmainomai: To be furious, to rage, to be mad
Original Word: ἐμμαίνομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: emmainomai
Pronunciation: em-MY-no-my
Phonetic Spelling: (em-mah'-ee-nom-ahee)
KJV: be mad against
NASB: enraged
Word Origin: [from G1722 (ἔν - among) and G3105 (μαίνομαι - insane)]
1. to rave on, i.e. rage at
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
be mad against.
From en and mainomai; to rave on, i.e. Rage at -- be mad against.
see GREEK en
see GREEK mainomai
HELPS Word-studies
1693 emmaínomai (from 1722 /en, "in" and 3105 /maínomai, "behave as a maniac") – properly, locked in the frenzy of rage (fury), and used only in Ac 26:11. Here Paul describes his pre-conversion behavior as deranged (acting completely irrational).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
en and
mainomaiDefinitionto rage against
NASB Translationenraged (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1693: ἐμμαίνομαιἐμμαίνομαι (see
ἐν, III. 3);
τίνι,
to rage against (
A. V. to be exceedingly mad against) one:
Acts 26:11; besides only in Joseph; Antiquities 17, 6, 5.