noun · feminine
manias
Greekμανία (mania)
Strong’sG3130
raving madness
stem mani-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μανία, -ας, ἡ
(< μαίνομαι), [in LXX: Ho 9:7, 8 מַשְׂטֵמָה), Wi 5:4, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3130 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidman-ee'-ah
craziness
Fromfrom G3105;
King James(+ make) X mad.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | manias | maniais |
| object accusative | manian1×μανίαν | maniain |
| direct address vocative | maniar | maniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | maniau | maniaiu |
| to, for dative | mania | maniai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mania is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
manian“insane”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 26:24“insane”Houteim de autou apologerōtou tos Fēstos mega ta fōna fēatō; Mainesō, Paulor; teim polleim sin grammeim eis manian peritrepatō.At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”