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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἄνοια

(Strong's #454 — Noun Feminine — anoia — an'-oy-ah )

lit. signifies "without understanding" (a, negative, nous, "mind"); hence, "folly," or, rather, "senselessness," 2 Timothy 3:9; in Luke 6:11 it denotes violent or mad rage, "madness." See MADNESS. Cp. anoetos, "foolish."

Note: For aphrosune, rendered "folly" in 2 Corinthians 11:1 , AV, see FOOLISHNESS (RV).

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Folly'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/folly.html. 1940.
 
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