Biblical Greek

greek #454 - ἄνοια, ας, ἡ anoia (folly)

Original Word:	ἄνοια, ας, ἡ
Transliteration:	anoia
Definition:	folly, foolishness
Part of Speech:	Noun, Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(an'-oy-ah)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

folly, madness.

From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and nous; stupidity; by implication, rage -- folly, madness.

see GREEK a

see GREEK nous

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 454: ἄνοια

ἄνοια, ἀνοίας, ἡ (ἄνους (i. e. Ανως without understanding)), want of understanding, folly: 2 Timothy 3:9. madness expressing itself in rage, Luke 6:11 (δύοδ'ἀνοίαςγένη, τόμένμανίαν, τόδέἀμαθιαν, Plato, Tim., p. 86 b.). ((Theognis, 453); Herodotus 6, 69; Attic writings from Thucydides down.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 454. ἄνοια (anoia) — 2 Occurrences

Luke 6:11 - N-GFS
GRK:δὲ ἐπλήσθησαν ἀνοίας καὶ διελάλουν
NAS: were filled with rage, and discussed
KJV: were filled with madness; and
INT: moreover were filled with rage and consulted

2 Timothy 3:9 - N-NFS
GRK:ἡ γὰρ ἄνοια αὐτῶν ἔκδηλος
NAS: progress; for their folly will be obvious
KJV: for their folly shall be manifest
INT: for [the] folly of them fully manifest

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