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878. aphrón

aphrón: without reason, foolish
Original Word: ἄφρων, ονος, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: aphrón
Phonetic Spelling: (af'-rone)
Short Definition: senseless, foolish, inconsiderate
Definition: senseless, foolish, inconsiderate.

878 áphrōn – (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "without" and 5424 /phrḗn, "inner perspective as it regulates behavior") – properly, lacking perspective because short-sighted, i.e. lacking the "over-all picture" (perspective) needed to act prudently.

878 /áphrōn ("unperceptive") describes someone lacking true moderation because they fail to grasp cause-and-effect relationships – i.e. willful ignorance in understanding what prompts inevitable effects (consequences).

Word Origin
from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and phrén
Definition
without reason, foolish
NASB Word Usage
fool (2), foolish (8), foolish ones (1).

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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

ἀφορίσωσιν — 1 Occ.
ἀφορίσθητε — 1 Occ.
ἀφορίζει — 1 Occ.
ἀφορμὴν — 7 Occ.
ἀφρίζει — 1 Occ.
ἀφρίζων — 1 Occ.
ἀφροῦ — 1 Occ.
ἀφροσύνη — 3 Occ.
ἀφροσύνης — 1 Occ.
Ἄφρων — 4 Occ.
ἄφρονες — 2 Occ.
ἀφρόνων — 3 Occ.
ἀφύπνωσεν — 1 Occ.
ἄφωνα — 1 Occ.
ἄφωνον — 2 Occ.
ἄφωνος — 1 Occ.
Ἀχάζ — 2 Occ.
Ἀχαία — 5 Occ.
Ἀχαίαν — 2 Occ.
Ἀχαίας — 3 Occ.


Strong's Greek 878
11 Occurrences


Ἄφρων — 4 Occ.
ἄφρονα — 2 Occ.
ἄφρονες — 2 Occ.
ἀφρόνων — 3 Occ.

Luke 11:40 Adj-VMP
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: 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
BIB: τὴν τῶν ἀφρόνων ἀνθρώπων ἀγνωσίαν
NAS: the ignorance of foolish men.
KJV: the ignorance of foolish men:
INT: the of senseless men ignorance

11 Occurrences


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