περιτρέπω G4062
to turn around, drive mad; to upset or overturn
This verb means to turn around, overturn, or drive to madness. In Acts 26:24, Festus accuses Paul: 'Your great learning is turning you mad' (εἰς μανίαν περιτρέπει). The term can mean to upset, overturn, or drive someone to insanity. Festus interprets Paul's passionate testimony about resurrection as evidence of madness caused by excessive study. The verb captures the governor's perception of Paul's message as unbalancing rationality.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To turn or drive someone to madness, or to upset and overturn. Festus's exclamation reflects his inability to comprehend Paul's proclamation of Christ's resurrection, attributing it to mental instability from too much learning. The multilingual evidence ('is-turning,' 'te-trastornan,' 'rendre-fou') captures the sense of driving to madness, revealing how the gospel appeared as foolishness to Roman officials. 1×
AR["يُحَوِّلُكَ"]·ben["ফিরাইতেছে"]·DE["περιτρέπει"]·EN["is-turning"]·FR["rendre-fou"]·heb["הוֹפֵךְ"]·HI["बदलतीहै!"]·ID["mengubah!"]·IT["far-diventare-pazzo"]·jav["damel!"]·KO["돌리고-있다"]·PT["te-levam!"]·RU["приводит"]·ES["te-trastornan"]·SW["yanakugeuza"]·TR["döndürüyor"]·urd["پھیر-رہی-ہے"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
περιτρέπω, turn and bring round, divert, τὴν ἀναθυμίασιν εἴσω -τρέπεσθαι is diverted inwards, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. τινὰ εἰς μανίαν, εἰς χαράν, NT+1st c.AD+infinitive, τοὐναντίον π. τιμηνύειν bring a thing round to signify the opposite, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 turn upside down, upset, χειμὼν π. τὴν ναῦν Refs 2nd c.AD+; περιτραπεὶς Ὀδυσσεύς capsized, Refs 1st c.AD+; τῇ ῥύμῃ τοῦ ἵππου τινὰ π. LXX; π. εἰς…