be-sid':Near to, or close to (
Ps 23:2). It is often used to refer to the mental state, to the derangement of the mind (existemi,
Mr 3:21;
Ac 26:24 the King James Version). Or it may refer to the condition of being out of the ordinary course of the life. A life consecrated to God and spent in the interest of humanity is so designated (
2Co 5:13). It has the sense also of a state of being out of one's usual mind, but not of mental derangement, occasioned by something that causes amazement or ast onishment (
Mr 5:42). Or it may refer to a state in which one is not conscious of present conditions, but is rapt in vision (
Ac 10:10).