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Lexicon :: Strong's G878 - aphrōn

Aa
ἄφρων
Transliteration
aphrōn (Key)
Pronunciation
af'-rone
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and φρήν (G5424)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:220,1277

Strong’s Definitions

ἄφρων áphrōn, af'-rone; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving:—fool(-ish), unwise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G878 in the following manner: fool (8x), foolish (2x), unwise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G878 in the following manner: fool (8x), foolish (2x), unwise (1x).

  1. without reason

  2. senseless, foolish, stupid

  3. without reflection or intelligence, acting rashly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄφρων áphrōn, af'-rone; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving:—fool(-ish), unwise.
STRONGS G878:
ἄφρων, -ονος, ὁ, ἡ, -ον, τό, (from α 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: Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; Romans 2:20; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 2 Corinthians 11:16, 19 (opposed to φρόνιμος, as in Proverbs 11:29); 2 Corinthians 12:6, 11; Ephesians 5:17 (opposed to συνιέντες); 1 Peter 2:15. [A strong term; cf. Schmidt, chapter 147 § 17.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
11:29
Luke
11:40; 12:20
Romans
2:20
1 Corinthians
15:36
2 Corinthians
11:16; 11:19; 12:6; 12:11
Ephesians
5:17
1 Peter
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G878 matches the Greek ἄφρων (aphrōn),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:40 - O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20 - But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:20 - A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 - I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:19 - For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6 - For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17 - For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:15 - Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:
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