Lexicon paraphroneó: to be beside oneself, to be deranged Original Word: παραφρονέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paraphroneó Phonetic Spelling: (par-af-ron-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am out of my senses Definition: I am out of my senses, am beside myself. HELPS word-Studies 3912 paraphronéō (from 3844 /pará, "contrary-beside" and 5426 /phronéō, "inner perspective regulating outward behavior") – properly, "beside oneself," acting contrary to sound thinking; acting deranged or delirious (LS), like someone mad (insane), i.e. "out of their mind." 3912 /paraphronéō is only used in 2 Cor 11:23. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom para and phroneóDefinitionto be beside oneself, to be deranged NASB Translationinsane (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3912: παραφρονέωπαραφρονέω, παραφρόνω; ( παράφρων (from παρά (which see IV. 2) and φρήν, 'beside one's wits')); to be beside oneself, out of one's senses, void of understanding, insane: 2 Corinthians 11:23. (From Aeschylus and Herodotus down; once in the Sept., Zechariah 7:11.)
Strong's to be insane From para and phroneo; to misthink, i.e. Be insane (silly) -- as a fool. see GREEK para see GREEK phroneo |
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