ἄφρων
aphrōn
ἄφρων, -ον genitive -ονος
(φρήν), [in LXX for כְּסִיל, נָבָל, etc. ;]
without reason, senseless, foolish, expressing "want of mental sanity and sobriety, a reckless and inconsiderate habit of mind" (Hort; cf. MM, see word): Luk.11:40 12:20, Rom.2:20, 1Co.15:36, 2Co.11:16 12:6 12:11, 1Pe.2:15; opposite to φρόνιμος, 2Co.11:19; to συνιέντες, Eph.2:17.†
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Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 10 verses
- Luke 11:40 ἄφρονες
You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
- Luke 12:20 Ἄφρων
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Romans 2:20 ἀφρόνων
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
- 1 Corinthians 15:36 ἄφρων
You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
- 2 Corinthians 11:16 ἄφροναἄφρονα
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
- 2 Corinthians 11:19 ἀφρόνων
For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
- 2 Corinthians 12:6 ἄφρων
Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 ἄφρων
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- Ephesians 5:17 ἄφρονες
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
- 1 Peter 2:15 ἀφρόνων
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
