Lexicon :: Strong's G878 - aphrōn

ἄφρων

Transliteration

aphrōn (Key)

Pronunciation

af'-rone

Part of Speech

adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and φρήν (G5424)

Greek Inflections of ἄφρων [?]

mGNT
11x in 4 unique form(s) TR
11x in 6 unique form(s) LXX
113x in 12 unique form(s)

Ἄφρον — 1x

ἄφρονα — 2x

ἄφρονες — 2x

ἀφρόνων — 3x

ἄφρων — 2x

Ἄφρων — 1x

ἄφρονα — 2x

ἄφρονες — 2x

ἀφρόνων — 3x

ἄφρων — 4x

ἄφρονα — 5x

ἄφρονας — 1x

ἄφρονές — 1x

ἄφρονες — 9x

ἀφρονέστατοί — 1x

ἀφρονέστατος — 2x

ἄφρονι — 10x

ἄφρονος — 14x

ἀφρόνων — 25x

ἄφροσι — 1x

ἄφροσιν — 1x

ἄφρων — 43x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:220,1277

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

ἄφρων áphrōn, af'-rone; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving:—fool(-ish), unwise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G878 in the following manner: fool (8x), foolish (2x), unwise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G878 in the following manner: fool (8x), foolish (2x), unwise (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

without reason
senseless, foolish, stupid
without reflection or intelligence, acting rashly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G878:

ἄφρων, -ονος, ὁ, ἡ, -ον, τό, (from α privative and φρήν, cf. εὔφρων, σώφρων) [from Homer down], properly, without reason ([εἴδωλα, Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 4]; of beasts, ibid. 1, 4, 14), senseless, foolish, stupid; without refection or intelligence, acting rashly: Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; Romans 2:20; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 2 Corinthians 11:16, 19 (opposed to φρόνιμος, as in Proverbs 11:29); 2 Corinthians 12:6, 11; Ephesians 5:17 (opposed to συνιέντες); 1 Peter 2:15. [A strong term; cf. Schmidt, chapter 147 § 17.]

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs: 11:29
Luke: 11:40; 12:20
Romans: 2:20
1 Corinthians: 15:36
2 Corinthians: 11:16; 11:19; 12:6; 12:11
Ephesians: 5:17
1 Peter: 2:15

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G878 matches the Greek ἄφρων (aphrōn),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Luk 11:40

Luk 11:40 - Ye fools,^G878 did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

Luk 12:20

Luk 12:20 - But God said unto him, Thou fool,^G878 this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

Rom 2:20

Rom 2:20 - An instructor of the foolish,^G878 a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

1Co 15:36

1Co 15:36 - Thou fool,^G878 that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

2Co 11:16

2Co 11:16 - I say again, Let no man think me a fool;^G878 if otherwise, yet as a fool^G878 receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

2Co 11:19

2Co 11:19 - For ye suffer fools^G878 gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

2Co 12:6

2Co 12:6 - For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool;^G878 for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

2Co 12:11

2Co 12:11 - I am become a fool^G878 in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Eph 5:17

Eph 5:17 - Wherefore be ye not unwise,^G878 but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

1Pe 2:15

1Pe 2:15 - For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish^G878 men: