Emmainomai describes being intensely enraged, as hostility drives persecution in Acts 26:11.

Its sole attested use describes intense anger directed against others in a setting of punishment, attempted coercion, and persecution.

1. Intense rage driving persecution · dominant

   In Acts 26:11, the present middle participle occurs as the speaker describes punishing people in synagogues, trying to force blasphemy, and persecuting them to foreign cities; the APB renders the clause "Being furiously enraged against them."

   Acts 26:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 26:11, the APB presents the participial clause as "Being furiously enraged against them." This rendering confirms the verse's portrayal of anger without isolating every lexical detail.