Lexicon
περιτρέπω
peritrepō
G4062
G:V Greek

to drive insane

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Peritrepo describes being driven out of one’s mind in the accusation addressed to Paul.

The sole attested use depicts an accusation that Paul’s great learning is causing him to be out of his mind.

Senses in use

  1. Driving someone out of their mind · dominant

    In Acts 26:24, the present active indicative form occurs in Festus’s loud interruption of Paul’s defense; the APB renders the accusation, “your great learning is driving you insane.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 26:24, the APB presents the clause as “your great learning is driving you insane”; This rendering identifies the verse’s accusation rather than isolating every contribution of the Greek form.

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