ΑΦΡΟΣΥΝΑΙΣ, αφροσυναις
APHROSYNAIS, aphrosynais
Sounds Like: ah-fro-SY-nais
Translations: (to) foolishness, (to) folly, (to) senselessness, (to) thoughtlessness
From the root: ΑΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to foolishness, folly, or senselessness. It describes a lack of sound judgment, understanding, or prudence. It is often used in a moral or ethical sense to denote actions or attitudes that are unwise or contrary to divine wisdom. In this inflected form, it indicates the dative plural, meaning 'to' or 'for' foolishness/folly.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G877 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ.
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.
- ΑΦΡΟΣΙΝ — folly, foolishness, a foolish act
- ΑΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ — folly, foolishness, senselessness, a foolish act, lack of understanding
- ΑΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΝ — folly, foolishness, senselessness, a foolish act
- ΑΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΣ — of foolishness, of folly, of senselessness, of unreasonableness
- ΑΦΡΟΣΥΝ‾Η‾ — folly, foolishness, a folly, a foolishness
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