Strong's Lexicon
G453
G453 — ἀνόητος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G453 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀνόητος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3539 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | anoetos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-o'-ay-tos |
| Meaning: | 1. unintelligent 2. (by implication) sensual |
| KJV Renderings: | fool(-ish), unwise |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνόητος, ἀνόητον (νοητός from νοέω);
1. not understood, unintelligible;
2. generally active, not understanding, unwise, foolish: Rom 1:14 (opposed to σοφοί); Luk 24:25; Gal 3:1; Gal 3:3; Tit 3:3. ἐπιθυμίαι ἀνόητοι, 1Ti 6:9. (Pro 17:28; Psa 48:13 (); and often in Attic writings; (cf. Trench, § lxxv.; Ellicott on Gal 3:1; Schmidt, chapter 147 § 20).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀνόητος (fool(-ish))
Luke 24:25
- KJV: Then he said unto them O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken
- GK: και αυτός είπεν προς αυτούς ω ανόητοι και βραδείς τη καρδία του πιστεύειν επί πάσιν οις ελάλησαν οι προφήται
Romans 1:14
- KJV: I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians both to the wise and to the unwise
- GK: Ελλησί τε και βαρβάροις σοφοίς τε και ανοήτοις οφειλέτης ειμί
Galatians 3:1
- KJV: O foolish Galatians who hath bewitched you that ye should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth crucified among you
- GK: ω ανόητοι Γάλαται τις υμάς εβάσκανε τη αληθεία μη πείθεσθαι οις κατ΄ οφθαλμούς Ιησούς χριστός προεγράφη εν υμίν εσταυρωμένος
Galatians 3:3
- KJV: Are ye so foolish having begun in the Spirit are ye now made perfect by the flesh
- GK: ούτως ανόητοί εστε εναρξάμενοι πνεύματι νυν σαρκί επιτελείσθε
1 Timothy 6:9
- KJV: But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition
- GK: οι δε βουλόμενοι πλουτείν εμπίπτουσιν εις πειρασμόν και παγίδα και επιθυμίας πολλάς ανοήτους και βλαβεράς αίτινες βυθίζουσι τους ανθρώπους εις όλεθρον και απώλειαν
Titus 3:3
- KJV: For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish disobedient deceived serving divers lusts and pleasures living in malice and envy hateful hating one another
- GK: ήμεν γαρ ποτε και ημείς ανόητοι απειθείς πλανώμενοι δουλεύοντες επιθυμίαις και ηδοναίς ποικίλαις εν κακία και φθόνω διάγοντες στυγητοί μισούντες αλλήλους