ἈΦΡΟΝΕΣ, ἀφρονες
APHRONES, aphrones
Sounds Like: ah-PHRO-nes
Translations: foolish, senseless, unwise, foolish ones, senseless ones, unwise ones
From the root: ΑΦΡΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is without reason, thoughtless, or lacking in understanding. It implies a lack of practical wisdom or good judgment. It is often used to characterize those who act imprudently or without considering the consequences of their actions. It can be used to describe people who are spiritually ignorant or morally deficient.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0878 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 98:9
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:10
Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 93:8
- Proverbs — 1:22, 10:21, 14:18, 17:12, 21:20, 22:3, 27:12
- Job — 34:36
- Wisdom — 3:12, 5:4
- Jeremiah — 4:22
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 22:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ἈΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΙ — most foolish, very foolish, most senseless, most unwise
- ἈΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — most foolish, very foolish, 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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