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ἈΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ, ἀφρονεστατος

APHRONESTATOS, aphronestatos

Sounds Like: af-roh-NES-tah-tos

Translations: most foolish, very foolish, most unwise

From the root: ΑΦΡΩΝ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the superlative form of 'ἄφρων' (aphron), meaning 'foolish' or 'unwise'. Therefore, 'ἀφρονέστατος' means 'most foolish' or 'very foolish'. It describes someone who is extremely lacking in good sense, wisdom, or understanding. It is used to emphasize the highest degree of foolishness.

Inflection: Superlative, Nominative, Masculine, Singular

Strong’s number: G0879 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΡΩΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ἈΦΡΟΝ — foolish, senseless, unwise, thoughtless, a fool, an unwise person
  • ἈΦΡΟΝΕΣ — foolish, senseless, unwise, foolish ones, senseless ones, unwise ones
  • ἈΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΙ — most foolish, very foolish, most senseless, most unwise
  • ἈΦΡΟΝΣΥΝΗ — folly, foolishness, senselessness, a folly
  • ἈΦΡΟΣΙ — (to) foolish, (to) senseless, (to) unwise, (to) stupid, (to) thoughtless, (to) imprudent, (to) a foolish person, (to) a senseless person
  • ἈΦΡΟΣΙΝ — (to) foolish, (to) senseless, (to) unwise, (to) thoughtless
  • ΑΦΡΟΝ — foolish, senseless, unwise, a fool, a senseless person
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΑ — foolish, senseless, unwise, a fool, an unwise person
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΑΣ — foolish, senseless, unwise, a foolish one
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΕΣ — foolish, senseless, unwise, thoughtless, a fool, an unwise person
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΙ — most foolish, most senseless, most unwise, very foolish, very senseless, very unwise
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — most foolish, most senseless, most unwise
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ — more foolish, more senseless, more unwise, the more foolish ones
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΙ — foolish, senseless, unwise, thoughtless, without understanding, a fool, a senseless person
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΟΣ — of foolish, of unwise, of senseless
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΩΝ — of foolish, of unwise, of senseless, of thoughtless
  • ΑΦΡΟΝΩΣ — foolishly, senselessly, thoughtlessly, unwisely
  • ΑΦΡΩΝ — foolish, unwise, senseless, a fool, an unwise person

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