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,unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?Luke 12:20 · ἄφρων,‘And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare—to whom shall they be?Romans 2:20 · ἀφρόνων,an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.1 Corinthians 15:36 · ἄφρων,unwise! thou—what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;2 Corinthians 11:16 · ἄφρονα · ἄφροναAgain I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.2 Corinthians 11:19 · ἀφρόνων,for gladly do ye bear with the fools—being wise,2 Corinthians 12:6 · ἄφρων·for if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me;2 Corinthians 12:11 · ἄφρωνI have become a fool—boasting; ye—ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles—even if I am nothing.Ephesians 5:17 · ἄφρονες,because of this become not fools, but—understanding what is the will of the Lord,1 Peter 2:15 · ἀφρόνωνbecause, so is the will of God, doing good, to put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men;