2001 Translation

APHRŌN, aphrōn

Sounds Like: AH-frohn

Translations: foolish, senseless, unwise, a fool, an unwise person

From the root: ἈΦΡΩΝ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun

Explanation: This word describes someone who is without sense, foolish, or unwise. It can be used as an adjective to describe a person or an action, or as a noun to refer to a foolish person. It implies a lack of understanding or discernment, often in a moral or spiritual sense, rather than merely a lack of intelligence.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine

Strong’s number: G878 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms — 13:1, 48:11, 52:2, 73:18, 91:7
• Proverbs — 6:12, 9:4, 9:13, 10:1, 10:23, 11:29, 12:1, 12:16, 13:16, 14:1, 14:16, 14:29, 15:5, 15:20, 16:27, 17:10, 17:18, 17:25, 18:22, 19:10, 19:22, 20:1, 20:3, 24:9, 24:45, 24:57, 26:11, 26:12, 28:26, 29:11, 29:20
• Ecclesiastes — 2:14, 2:15, 2:19, 4:5, 10:3, 10:6, 10:14
• Sirach — 16:23, 19:23, 20:7, 21:23, 27:11, 34:7
• Jeremiah — 17:11

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 2:1
• Mandate 5 — 2:4
• Mandate 6 — 2:4
• Mandate 11 — 1:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 6 — 4:3, 5:2
• Parable 9 — 14:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 12:20
• 1 Corinthians — 15:36
• 2 Corinthians — 12:6, 12:11

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.

• ἈΦΡΟΝΑ — foolish, senseless, unwise, a foolish one, a senseless one
• 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

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