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Lexicon :: Strong's G877 - aphrosynē

Aa
ἀφροσύνη
Transliteration
aphrosynē (Key)
Pronunciation
af-ros-oo'-nay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:220,1277

Strong’s Definitions

ἀφροσύνη aphrosýnē, af-ros-oo'-nay; from G878; senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness:—folly, foolishly(-ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G877 in the following manner: foolishly (with G1722) (2x), foolishness (1x), folly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G877 in the following manner: foolishly (with G1722) (2x), foolishness (1x), folly (1x).

  1. foolishness, folly, senselessness

  2. thoughtlessness, recklessness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀφροσύνη aphrosýnē, af-ros-oo'-nay; from G878; senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness:—folly, foolishly(-ness).
STRONGS G877:
ἀφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ, (ἄφρων), foolishness, folly, senselessness: 2 Corinthians 11:1, 17, 21; thoughtlessness, recklessness, Mark 7:22. [From Homer down.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
7:22
2 Corinthians
11:1; 11:17; 11:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G877 matches the Greek ἀφροσύνη (aphrosynē),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not any such folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22 - In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 -
Is not thy fear of God thy confidence,
And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:5 -
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,
Because of my foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:5 -
O God, thou knowest my foolishness;
And my sins are not hid from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 -
Her feet go down to death;
Her steps take hold on Sheol;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:23 -
He shall die for lack of instruction;
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 -
Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;
And walk in the way of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 -
A fool hath no delight in understanding,
But only that his heart may reveal itself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 -
He that giveth answer before he heareth,
It is folly and shame unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 -
The foolishness of man subverteth his way;
And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 -
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
Lest thou also be like unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 -
Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 -
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3 - Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -
Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions;
And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity,
But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.
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