שָׁגַע shâgaʻ

Hebrew · Strong's H7696 · pronounced shaw-gah' · used 7 times in 6 verses

Meaning

to rave through insanity

In the King James Version: (be, play the) mad (man).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Deuteronomy 28:34 You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
1 Samuel 21:14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
1 Samuel 21:15 Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
2 Kings 9:11 When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.
Jeremiah 29:26 ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
Hosea 9:7 The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.