Acts 26:25:5Acts.26.25.W5TAB
μαίνομαι
mainomai
“I am mad”
- Transliteration
- MAI-no-mai
- Extended
- MAI-noh-mai
- IPA
- /ˈmai.no.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am mad
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MAI-no-mai
- sentence
ho de PAU-los OU MAI-no-mai phê-SEEN KRA-ti-ste PHÊ-ste al-LA a-lê-THEI-as KAI sô-phro-SY-nês RHÊ-ma-ta a-po-phTHENG-go-mai
Exegesis
The clause Ou mainomai {Οὐ μαίνομαι | ou maí-no-mai} employs preverbal negation to emphasize “I am not mad,” with the present tense indicating Paul’s current state.
Root and etymology
mainomaimu–alpha–iota–nu–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to be mad, be beside oneself”
In context — Acts 26:25
But Paul said, “I am not mad , most excellent Festus, but I am speaking words of truth and sound judgment.”
About this coordinate
Acts 26:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 26:25, so the Greek word μαίνομαι (mainomai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.26.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.25.W5.S1) and character.