ἈΦΡΟΝΣΥΝΗΝ, ἀφρονσυνην
APHRONSYNĒN, aphronsynēn
Sounds Like: ah-froh-SOO-nay
Translations: folly, foolishness, senselessness, a folly, a foolishness, a senselessness
From the root: ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a lack of good sense or judgment, indicating foolishness or senseless behavior. It describes actions or a state of mind characterized by a disregard for wisdom or prudence.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G877 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 6 — 5:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ.
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.
- ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΑΙΣ — to follies, for follies, in follies, follies, folly, a folly
- ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ — foolishness, folly, senselessness, a foolishness, a folly, a senselessness
- ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΝ — folly, foolishness, senselessness, a folly, a foolishness, a senselessness
- ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΣ — (of) folly, (of) foolishness, (of) senselessness, folly, foolishness, senselessness, a folly, a foolishness
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