Bible Dictionary: Insanity

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.

2. (n.) Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility.

Greek

3130. mania -- frenzy, madness
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mania Phonetic Spelling: (man-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: raving madness Definition: raving madness, frenzy, insanity. ...
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3913. paraphronia -- madness
... madness. From paraphroneo; insanity, ie Foolhardiness -- madness. see GREEK paraphroneo.
(paraphronian) -- 1 Occurrence. 3912, 3913. paraphronia. 3914 . ...
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Topical Bible Verses

John 10:20
And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why hear you him?
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Matthew 17:15
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for often he falls into the fire, and oft into the water.
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Acts 26:24
And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are beside yourself; much learning does make you mad.
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Acts 26:25
But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
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Mark 3:21
And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
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Proverbs 26:18
As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
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1 Samuel 21:13-15
And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
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1 Samuel 18:10
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
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Matthew 7:1-29
Judge not, that you be not judged.
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Strong's Hebrew

7696. shaga -- to be mad
... play the mad man. A primitive root; to rave through insanity -- (be, play the)
mad (man). 7695, 7696. shaga. 7697 . Strong's Numbers.
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1947. holelah -- madness
... Word Origin from halal Definition madness NASB Word Usage insanity (1), madness
(3). madness. Feminine active participle of halal; folly -- madness. ...
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Library

Moral Insanity.
... IX. MORAL INSANITY. ... 1. But what is intends by affirming that "madness is in their
heart while they live?". This is not the madness of anger, but of insanity. ...
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Two Theories of the Affliction: (A) Possession by Evil Spirits (B) ...
... Section 101. Two Theories of the Affliction: (a) Possession by Evil Spirits
(b) Insanity."Analogous Phenomena in other Times. ...
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The Peace-Bringer in the Spiritual World
... It is vain to say that He humoured the delusions of insanity in order to cure them. ...
It is taken for granted that the supposed possession is insanity. ...
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In the Temple at the Feast of Tabernacles.
... Wild notions and extraordinary conduct indicated insanity, and insanity was usually
attributed to demoniacal possession. Comp. Matthew 11:18. ...
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Whether Madmen and Imbeciles Should be Baptized?
... above (A[9], ad 2). But there are others who have fallen from a state of
sanity into a state of insanity. And with regard to these ...
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'He is Beside Himself'
... A well-known modern author has talked a great deal about 'the sweet reasonableness
of Jesus Christ.' His contemporaries called it simple insanity; if they did ...
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Prayers Answered
... RECOVERY FROM INSANITY. A most remarkable case of recovery from insanity is
given by President William M. Brooks, of Tabor College, Iowa. ...
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A Soul's Tragedy
... Any man who lets his own baser nature have full fling invites the devil.
Saul had what would now be called a paroxysm of insanity. ...
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With the Circus
... "(c) It hardens the brain tissues, producing dullness, insensibility, and insanity. ...
Between this condition and insanity there is but a single step.". ...
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Pythagoras Taught, Accordingly, that He had Himself Been ...
... It would be possible for me also to paint you in your own colours, and to meet your
insanity with a similar rage; to say what I know and add what I do not know ...
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Thesaurus

Insanity (1 Occurrence)
... action, does away with individual responsibility. Multi-Version Concordance
Insanity (1 Occurrence). Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is evil ...
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Madness (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.
2. (a.) Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly. Int. ...
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Mad (22 Occurrences)
... the false prophets by Isaiah (44:25), these latter being called mad by Jeremiah
(29:26) and Hosea (9:7). The most interesting case of real insanity recorded in ...
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Insane (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Exhibiting unsoundness or disorded of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind;
delirious; distracted. See Insanity. ... 3. (a.) Causing insanity or madness. ...
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Jonathan (109 Occurrences)
... 1:22). The affection that evidently subsisted between him and his father
was interrupted by the growth of Saul's insanity. At length ...
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Insatiable (3 Occurrences)

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Insanely (1 Occurrence)

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Touch (82 Occurrences)
... 16. (vt) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially
insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle. 17. ...
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Ecstasy (3 Occurrences)
... heavenly mysteries. 3. (n.) Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion;
excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. 4. (n.) A ...
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Disease (213 Occurrences)
... Fevers of several kinds, dysentery, leprosy, intestinal worms, plague, nervous diseases
such as paralysis and epilepsy, insanity, ophthalmia and skin diseases ...
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Bible Concordance

Insanity (1 Occurrence)

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
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Subtopics

Insanity

Insanity: Cured by Jesus

Insanity: Demoniacal: Saul

Insanity: Feigned by David

Insanity: General Scriptures Concerning

Insanity: Jesus Accused of

Insanity: Nebuchadnezzars

Insanity: Paul's Alleged

Insanity: Sent As a Judgment from God

Related Terms

Madness (13 Occurrences)