ἐμμαίνομαι

θυμόω thymóō · G2373 · to be extremely angry

Greek verb expressing furious anger or rage, semantically very close to ἐμμαίνομαι's sense of raging though without the specific 'insanity' nuance

ὀργίζω orgízō · G3710 · to be full of anger, to be furious, to be angry

Common Greek verb for anger, though ἐμμαίνομαι suggests a more intense, maniacal rage beyond ordinary ὀργίζω

ἀγανακτέω aganaktéō · G23 · to be indignant, to be angry with

Greek verb expressing strong displeasure or anger, though typically connoting indignation rather than the maniacal rage of ἐμμαίνομαι

חָרָה chârâh · H2734 · to dwindle, to be kindled

Hebrew verb for anger being kindled or burning, the standard OT expression for becoming angry/enraged that translators would naturally use to render ἐμμαίνομαι's sense of raging anger

קָצַף qâtsaph · H7107 · to be angry, to become angry, to become enraged

Hebrew verb expressing intense anger or wrath, a natural translation equivalent for the rage expressed by ἐμμαίνομαι

To be enraged, to be infuriated, to be insanely angry88.182

This verb describes being violently enraged against someone, used of Paul's own description of his former persecution of Christians before his conversion — "And since I was so furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities" (Acts 26:11).

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.