Word Summary
paraphroneō: to be beside oneself, to be deranged
Original Word: παραφρονέωTransliteration: paraphroneō
Phonetic Spelling: (par-af-ron-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be beside oneself, to be deranged
Meaning: to be beside oneself, to be deranged
Strong's Concordance
to be insane
From para and phroneo; to misthink, i.e. Be insane (silly) -- as a fool.
see GREEK para
see GREEK phroneo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.)