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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #877 - ἀφροσύνη

Transliteration

aphrosýnē

Phonetics

af-ros-oo'-nay

Origin

from (G878)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

9:220,1277

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

foolishness, folly, senselessness
thoughtlessness, recklessness

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 200 ‑ אִוֶּלֶת (iv‑veh'‑leth); 2154 ‑ זַמָּה (zim‑maw', zam‑maw'); 3685 ‑ כְּסִיל (kes‑eel'); 5039 ‑ נְבָלָה (neb‑aw‑law'); 6612 ‑ פְּתָאִי (peth‑ee', peh'‑thee, peth‑aw‑ee'); 7919 ‑ שָׂכַל (saw‑kal'); 8602 ‑ תָּפֵל (taw‑fale');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 4

BSB (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

CSB (2)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

ESV (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

KJV (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

N95 (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

NAS (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

NLT (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 6

WEB (5)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 4

YLT (4)

Mark 1

2 Corinthians 3

ASV (5)

foolishness 4

in 1

BSB (4)

a fool 1

and foolishness 1

as a fool 1

foolishness 1

CSB (2)

foolishness 2

ESV (4)

fool 2

foolishness 2

KJV (4)

folly 1

foolishly 2

foolishness 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

foolishness 4

N95 (4)

foolishness 4

NAS (4)

foolishness 4

NLT (4)

fool 2

foolishness 2

WEB (5)

and foolishness 1

foolishness 3

in 1

YLT (4)

foolishness 3

of the folly 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DSF 4

ANT

N-DSF 3

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-DSF 3

N-NSF 1

BMT

N-DSF 3

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-DSF 3

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-DSF 3

N-NSF 1

STV

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-DSF 3

N-NSF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

TRG

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀφροσύνη, ἡ, (ἄφρων)

folly, thoughtlessness, freq. in pl., παῖδας καταπαυέμεν ἀφροσυνάων Od. 24.457, cf. 16.278: in sg., οὐδέ τί σε χρὴ ταύτης ἀφροσύνης Il. 7.110, cf. Democr. 254, Hdt. 3.146, 9.82; κοῦφαι ἀ. S. OC 1230 (lyr.); καταφρόνησιν ἢ.. ἀ. μετωνόμασται Th. 1.122; opp. σωφροσύνη and σοφία, Pl. Prt. 332e; συμβαίνει ἡ ἀ. μετὰ ἀκρασίας ἀρετή Arist. EN 1146a27.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀφροσύνη, ἀφροσύνης, ἡ (ἄφρων), foolishness, folly, senselessness: 2 Corinthians 11:1, 17, 21; thoughtlessness, recklessness, Mark 7:22. (From Homer down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀφροσύνη , -ης , ἡ

(< ἄφρων ),

[in LXX for H200, H5039, etc.;]

foolishness: Mark 7:22, 2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:17; 2 Corinthians 11:21.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

αφροσύναις αφροσυνη αφροσύνη ἀφροσύνη ἀφροσύνῃ αφροσύνην αφροσυνης αφροσύνης ἀφροσύνης aphrosune aphrosunē aphrosunes aphrosunēs aphrosyne aphrosynē aphrosýne aphrosýnē aphrosýnei aphrosýnēi aphrosynes aphrosynēs aphrosýnes aphrosýnēs