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.† (AS)
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G878 — ἄφρων
aphrōn · foolish · Greek
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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 · ἄφρονα · ἄφροναI 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 put up with 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 · ἄφρωνI 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 · ἀφρόνωνFor it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.