Biblical Greek

greek #878 - ἄφρων, ονος, ον aphrón (without reason)

Original Word:	ἄφρων, ονος, ον
Transliteration:	aphrón
Definition:	without reason, foolish
Part of Speech:	Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:	(af'-rone)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

foolish, unwise.

From a (as a negative particle) and phren; properly, mindless, i.e. Stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving -- fool(-ish), unwise.

see GREEK a

see GREEK phren

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 878: ἄφρων

ἄφρων, ἀφρωνος, ὁ, ἡ, Ἄφρον, τό (from the alpha 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.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 878. ἄφρων (aphrón) — 11 Occurrences

Luke 11:40 - Adj-VMP
GRK:ἄφρονες οὐχ ὁ
NAS:You foolish ones, did not He who made
KJV:[Ye] fools, did not
INT:Fools [did] not the [one]

Luke 12:20 - Adj-VMS
GRK:ὁ θεός Ἄφρων ταύτῃ τῇ
NAS: said to him, 'You fool! This
KJV: said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night
INT: God Fool this the

Romans 2:20 - Adj-GMP
GRK:παιδευτὴν ἀφρόνων διδάσκαλον νηπίων
NAS: a corrector of the foolish, a teacher
KJV: An instructor of the foolish, a teacher
INT: an instructor of [the] foolish a teacher of infants

1 Corinthians 15:36 - Adj-VMS
GRK:ἄφρων σὺ ὃ
NAS:You fool! That which you sow
KJV:[Thou] fool, that which thou
INT:Fool you what

2 Corinthians 11:16 - Adj-AMS
GRK:με δόξῃ ἄφρονα εἶναι εἰ
NAS: think me foolish; but if
KJV: think me a fool; if otherwise, yet
INT: me should think a fool to be if

2 Corinthians 11:16 - Adj-AMS
GRK:κἂν ὡς ἄφρονα δέξασθέ με
NAS: me even as foolish, so
KJV: yet as a fool receive me,
INT: even as a fool receive me

2 Corinthians 11:19 - Adj-GMP
GRK:ἀνέχεσθε τῶν ἀφρόνων φρόνιμοι ὄντες
NAS: tolerate the foolish gladly.
KJV: ye suffer fools gladly,
INT: you bear with fools intelligent being

2 Corinthians 12:6 - Adj-NMS
GRK:οὐκ ἔσομαι ἄφρων ἀλήθειαν γὰρ
NAS: to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking
KJV: not be a fool; for I will say
INT: not I will be a fool for truth indeed

2 Corinthians 12:11 - Adj-NMS
GRK:Γέγονα ἄφρων ὑμεῖς με
NAS: I have become foolish; you yourselves
KJV: I am become a fool in glorying; ye
INT: I have become a fool you me

Ephesians 5:17 - Adj-NMP
GRK:μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες ἀλλὰ συνίετε
NAS: then do not be foolish, but understand
KJV: be ye not unwise, but understanding
INT: not be foolish but understanding

1 Peter 2:15 - Adj-GMP
GRK:τὴν τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων ἀγνωσίαν
NAS: the ignorance of foolish men.
KJV: the ignorance of foolish men:
INT: the of senseless men ignorance

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