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Lexicon :: Strong's G3474 - mōros

Aa
μωρός
Transliteration
mōros (Key)
Pronunciation
mo-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of μυστήριον (G3466)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:832,620

Strong’s Definitions

μωρός mōrós, mo-ros'; probably from the base of G3466; dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd:—fool(-ish, X -ishness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G3474 in the following manner: foolish (7x), fool (5x), foolishness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G3474 in the following manner: foolish (7x), fool (5x), foolishness (1x).

  1. foolish

  2. impious, godless

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μωρός mōrós, mo-ros'; probably from the base of G3466; dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd:—fool(-ish, X -ishness).
STRONGS G3474:
μωρός, μωρά, μωρόν (on the accent cf. Winers Grammar, 52 (51); Chandler §§ 404, 405), foolish: with τυφλός, Matthew 23:17, 19 (here T Tr WH text omit; L brackets μωροί); τό μωρόν τοῦ Θεοῦ, an act or appointment of God deemed foolish by men, 1 Corinthians 1:25; equivalent to without learning or erudition, 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 4:10; imprudent, without forethought or wisdom, Matthew 7:26; Matthew 23:17, 19 (see above); Matthew 25:2f, 8; equivalent to empty, useless, ζητήσεις, 2 Timothy 2:23; Titus 3:9; in imitation of the Hebrew נָבָל (cf. Psalm 13:1 (Ps. 14:1); Job 2:10) equivalent to impious, godless (because such a man neglects and despises what relates to salvation), Matthew 5:22; (some take the word here as a Hebrew term (מורֶה, rebel) expressive of condemnation; cf. Numbers 20:10; Psalm 78:8; but see the Syriac; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii. at the passage; Levy, Neuhebräisch. u. Chald. Wörterbuch under the word מורום). (the Sept. for נָבָל, Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 32:5f; for כְּסִיל, Psalm 93:8 (Ps. 94:8). (Aeschylus, Sophocles, others.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
20:10
Deuteronomy
32:6
Job
2:10
Psalms
13:1; 14:1; 78:8; 94:8
Isaiah
32:5
Matthew
5:22; 7:26; 23:17; 23:17; 23:19; 23:19; 25:2; 25:8
1 Corinthians
1:25; 1:27; 3:18; 4:10
2 Timothy
2:23
Titus
3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3474 matches the Greek μωρός (mōros),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:22 - But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:26 - And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:17 - You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:2 - And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:3 - For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:8 - And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25 - Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27 - But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:18 - Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10 - We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:23 - And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:9 - But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.
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