μωρός mōros

Greek word for “foolish” · Strong’s G3474 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

μωρός, -ά, -όν; 1. prop., of the nerves, dull, sluggish (Hipp., Arist.).;

How it is translated

Glosses given for mōros in context, with how often each is used:

• foolish 8
• fool 1
• foolishness 1
• foolish things 1
• fools 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (3), 1 Corinthians 1 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 23 (1), 1 Corinthians 3 (1), 1 Corinthians 4 (1), 2 Timothy 2 (1), Titus 3 (1)

Forms

• μωραὶ 3
• μωροὶ 2
• μωρὰς 2
• μωρέ 1
• μωρῷ 1
• μωρὸν 1
• μωρὰ 1
• μωρὸς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mōros more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• φρόνιμος phronimos “thoughtful” 3
• σοφός sophos “wise” 3
• ἀσθενής asthenēs “weak” 3
• ἰσχυρός ischuros “strong” 3
• μάχη machē “quarrel” 2
• ζήτησις zētēsis “controversy” 2
• λαμπάς lampas “window” 2
• ἔλαιον elaion “olive oil” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 2

Key verses

The verses using mōros that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:22 — But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,…
• Matthew 7:26 — And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
• Matthew 23:17 — Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
• Matthew 25:2 — And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
• Matthew 25:3 — They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
• Matthew 25:8 — And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
• 1 Corinthians 1:25 — Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
• 1 Corinthians 1:27 — But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are…
• 1 Corinthians 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
• 1 Corinthians 4:10 — We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
• 2 Timothy 2:23 — But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
• Titus 3:9 — But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.