Strong's Lexicon
G878 — ἄφρων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G878 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄφρων |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | aphron |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | af'-rone |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) mindless, i.e. stupid 2. (by implication) ignorant 3. (specially) egotistic 4. (practically) rash 5. (morally) unbelieving |
| KJV Renderings: | fool(-ish), unwise |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄφρων, ἀφρωνος, ὁ, ἡ, Ἄφρον, τό (from the alpha privative and φρήν, cf. εὔφρων, σώφρων) (from Homer down), properly, without reason ((εἴδωλα, Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 4); of beasts, ibid. 1, 4, 14), senseless, foolish, stupid; without refection or intelligence, acting rashly: Luk 11:40; Luk 12:20; Rom 2:20; 1Co 15:36; 2Co 11:16; 2Co 11:19 (opposed to φρόνιμος, as in Pro 11:29); 2Co 12:6; 2Co 12:11; Eph 5:17 (opposed to συνιέντες); 1Pe 2:15. (A strong term; cf. Schmidt, chapter 147 § 17.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄφρων (fool(-ish))
Luke 11:40
- KJV: fools did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also
- GK: άφρονες ουχ ο ποιήσας το έξωθεν και το έσωθεν εποίησε
Luke 12:20
- KJV: But God said unto him fool this night thy soul shall be required of thee then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided
- GK: είπεν δε αυτώ ο θεός άφρων ταύτη τη νυκτί την ψυχήν σου απαιτούσιν από σου α δε ητοίμασας τίνι έσται
Romans 2:20
- KJV: An instructor of the foolish a teacher of babes which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law
- GK: παιδευτήν αφρόνων διδάσκαλον νηπίων έχοντα την μόρφωσιν της γνώσεως και της αληθείας εν τω νόμω
1 Corinthians 15:36
- KJV: fool that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die
- GK: άφρον συ ο σπείρεις ου ζωοποιείται εάν μη αποθάνη
2 Corinthians 11:16
- KJV: I say again Let no man think me a fool if otherwise yet as a fool receive me that I may boast myself a little
- GK: πάλιν λέγω μη τις με δόξη άφρονα είναι ει γε καν ως άφρονα δέξασθέ με ίνα μικρόν τι καγώ καυχήσωμαι
2 Corinthians 11:19
- KJV: For ye suffer fools gladly seeing ye are wise
- GK: ηδέως γαρ ανέχεσθε των αφρόνων φρόνιμοι όντες
2 Corinthians 12:6
- KJV: For though I would desire to glory I shall not be a fool for I will say the truth but I forbear lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me or he heareth of me
- GK: εάν γαρ θελήσω καυχήσασθαι ουκ έσομαι άφρων αλήθειαν γαρ ερώ φείδομαι δε μη τις εις εμέ λογίσηται υπέρ ο βλέπει με η ακούει τι εξ εμού
2 Corinthians 12:11
- KJV: I am become a fool in glorying ye have compelled me for I ought to have been commended of you for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles though I be nothing
- GK: γέγονα άφρων καυχώμενος υμείς με ηναγκάσατε εγώ γαρ ώφειλον υφ΄ υμών συνίστασθαι ουδέν γαρ υστέρησα των υπέρ λίαν αποστόλων ει ουδέν ειμι
Ephesians 5:17
- KJV: Wherefore be ye not unwise but understanding what the will of the Lord
- GK: διά τούτο μη γίνεσθε άφρονες αλλά συνιέντες τι το θέλημα του κυρίου
1 Peter 2:15
- KJV: For so is the will of God that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men
- GK: ότι ούτως εστί το θέλημα του θεού αγαθοποιούντας φιμούν την των αφρόνων ανθρώπων αγνωσίαν
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