Bible Dictionary: Madman

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A man who is mad; lunatic; a crazy person.

Greek

3105. mainomai -- to rage, be mad
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mainomai Phonetic Spelling: (mah'-ee-nom-ahee)
Short Definition: I am raving mad Definition: I am raving mad, speak as a madman ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7696. shaga -- to be mad
... 7695, 7696. shaga. 7697 . to be mad. Transliteration: shaga Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-gah') Short Definition: madman. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3858b. lihleah -- to amaze, startle
... to amaze, startle. Transliteration: lihleah Short Definition: madman. Word Origin
from lahah Definition to amaze, startle NASB Word Usage madman (1). ...
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Library

Swedenborg an Entertaining Madman
... a New Church; Comments on Rousseau; Geology; Swedenborg, and Riding Horseback; Gwennap
and 20,000 People; Death of Whitefield Swedenborg an Entertaining Madman. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/swedenborg an entertaining madman.htm

The Christ of the Gospels.
... Jesus, then, either was the Son of God or else he was a madman! ... A madman may believe
himself to be a god, but can a madman transform a world? ...
/.../the christ of the gospels 2.htm

The Maniac
... If the chain of causation can be broken for a madman, it can be broken for a
man. But my purpose is to point out something more practical. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/ii the maniac.htm

The Nature of Enthusiasm
... of madness; of madness rather than of folly: seeing a fool is properly one who draws
wrong conclusions from right premisses; whereas a madman draws right ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 37 the nature of.htm

He Does Battle for the Faith; He Restores Peace among those who ...
... panting and weary. A vagabond madman, arriving by chance at that place, came
upon the man and asked him what he did there. He replied ...
/.../chapter vii he does battle.htm

The Exile.
... He calls, with a madman's folly, on Jonathan and on all his servants to kill him;
and then, when his son appeals to him, his old better nature comes over him ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/iv the exile.htm

These Discussions, Therefore, Concerning the Different Deserts of ...
... do. For no one would be a madman, although he see that the strength of a
madman is greater than of men in their sound senses. Chiefly ...
/.../augustine/on the good of widowhood /section 19 these discussions therefore.htm

Hell on Earth
... bad qualities, or diseases. There are many who will say when they read
this story, 'This poor man was only a madman. It was the ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon ix hell on earth.htm

The Mountain Home
... His wife, however, assured him that he was a madman, but yet, as he had taken her
for better or for worse, he ought to remain with her, and be a good husband ...
/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter xliii the mountain home.htm

How Brother Juniper Went one Day to Assisi for his Own Confusion
... The brethren, much displeased and scandalised, rebuked him sharply, calling him
a fool, a madman, and a disgrace to the Order of St Francis, and declaring that ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter xi how brother juniper.htm

Thesaurus

Madman (8 Occurrences)
...Madman (8 Occurrences). ... (See NIV). 1 Samuel 21:14 And Achish saith unto his servants,
'Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me? ...
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Madman'nah (2 Occurrences)
Madman'nah. Madmannah, Madman'nah. Madmen . Multi-Version Concordance
Madman'nah (2 Occurrences). Joshua 15:31 and Ziklag ...
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Madmen (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) Plural of Madman. Int. ... 1 Samuel 21:15 Do I lack madmen,
that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? ...
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Mad (22 Occurrences)
... The madman of Proverbs 26:18 is a malicious person who carries his frivolous jest
to an unreasonable length, for he is responsible for the mischief he causes. ...
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Lunatic (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals;
a madman; a person of unsound mind. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Wood (226 Occurrences)
... see FOREST. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (a.) Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious;
frantic. 2. (vi) To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad. ...
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Torches (18 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV). Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows,
and death, (WEB). Isaiah 7:4 Tell him,'Be careful, and keep calm. ...
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Rave (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vi) To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act
irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. ...
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Maniac (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A person raving with intense enthusiasm; an insane
person. 2. (n.) A raving lunatic; a madman. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Bible Concordance

Madman (8 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 11:23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 21:13 And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 21:14 And Achish saith unto his servants, 'Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me?
(YLT NAS)

1 Samuel 21:15 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?"
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 9:11 And Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord. And one said to him, Is all well? why came this madman to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his mind.
(DBY YLT NIV)

2 Kings 9:20 And the watchman declareth, saying, 'He came unto them, and he hath not returned, and the driving 'is' like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for with madness he driveth.'
(See NIV)

Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 29:26 Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that there should be officers in the house of Jehovah, over every madman and self-made prophet, that thou shouldest put him in the stocks and in the shackles.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Madman

Related Terms

Madman'nah (2 Occurrences)

Madmen (3 Occurrences)

Mad (22 Occurrences)

Lunatic (2 Occurrences)

Wood (226 Occurrences)

Torches (18 Occurrences)

Rave (1 Occurrence)

Maniac (1 Occurrence)

Madmannah (2 Occurrences)