ἈΦΡΟΝΑ, ἀφρονα
APHRONA, aphrona
Sounds Like: AH-froh-nah
Translations: foolish, senseless, unwise, a foolish one, a senseless one
From the root: ἈΦΡΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is foolish, senseless, or lacking in understanding. It is often used to characterize a person who acts without wisdom or discernment. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'φρην' (phren, meaning 'mind' or 'understanding').
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G878 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 39:7
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 5 — 2:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 11:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΦΡΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΦΡΟΝΑΣ — foolish, senseless, unwise, a fool, the foolish
- ἈΦΡΟΝΙ — foolish, senseless, unwise, thoughtless, a fool, an unwise person
- ἈΦΡΟΝΟΣ — of a fool, of the foolish, of an unwise person, of a senseless person
- ἈΦΡΟΝΩΝ — of the foolish, of foolish ones, of senseless ones, of the unwise
- ἈΦΡΟΝΩΣ — foolishly, unwisely, senselessly, thoughtlessly
- ἈΦΡΩΝ — foolish, senseless, unwise, a fool, an unwise person
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