ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΗΣ, ἀφροσυνης
APHROSYNĒS, aphrosynēs
Sounds Like: ah-fro-SOO-nays
Translations: (of) folly, (of) foolishness, (of) senselessness, folly, foolishness, senselessness, a folly, a foolishness
From the root: ἈΦΡΟΣΥΝΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a lack of good sense, judgment, or understanding. It denotes foolishness, senselessness, or imprudence, often implying a state of mind that leads to unwise actions or decisions. It is used to describe the quality or state of being foolish.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G877 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 5:5
Mathetes
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 5 — 2:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 11:1
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.
- ἈΦΡΟΝΣΥΝΗΝ — folly, foolishness, senselessness, a folly, a foolishness, a senselessness
- 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
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