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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 - “You foolish G878 ones, G878 did not He who made G4160 the outside G1855 make G4160 the inside G2081 also? G2532

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20 - “But God G2316 said G3004 to him, ‘You fool! G878 This G3778 very night G3571 [fn]your soul G5590 is required G523 of you; and now who G5101 will own what G3739 you have prepared?’ G2090

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:20 - a [fn]corrector G3810 of the foolish, G878 a teacher G1320 of [fn]the immature, G3516 having G2192 in the Law G3551 the embodiment G3446 of knowledge G1108 and of the truth, G225

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:36 - You fool! G878 That which G3739 you sow G4687 does not come G2227 to life G2227 unless G1437 G3361 it dies; G599

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:16 - Again G3825 I say, G3004 let no G3361 one G5100 think G1380 me foolish; G878 but if G1487 you do, receive G1209 me even G2579 as foolish, G878 so G2443 that I also G2532 may boast G2744 a little. G3398

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:19 - For you, being G1510 so wise, G5429 tolerate G430 the foolish G878 gladly. G2234

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6 - For if G1437 I do wish G2309 to boast G2744 I will not be foolish, G878 for I will be speaking G3004 the truth; G225 but I refrain G5339 from this, so G3361 that no G3361 one G5100 will credit G3049 me with more G5228 than G5228 he sees G991 in me or G2228 hears G191 from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - I have become G1096 foolish; G878 you yourselves G4771 compelled G315 me. Actually G1063 I should G3784 have been commended G4921 by you, for in no G3762 respect G3762 was I inferior G5302 to the [fn]most G6088 eminent G6088 apostles, G652 even G2532 though G1487 I am G1510 a nobody. G3762

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17 - So G1223 G3778 then G1223 G3778 do not be foolish, G878 but understand G4920 what G5101 the will G2307 of the Lord G2962 is.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:15 - For [fn]such G3779 is the will G2307 of God G2316 that by doing G15 right G15 you may silence G5392 the ignorance G56 of foolish G878 men. G444
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