ἄφρων aphrōn

Greek word for “foolish” · Strong’s G878 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ἄφρων, -ον genitive -ονος;

How it is translated

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

• fool 5
• foolish 3
• fools! 1
• fool! 1
• fools 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Corinthians 11 (2), 2 Corinthians 12 (2), Luke 11 (1), Luke 12 (1), Romans 2 (1), 1 Corinthians 15 (1), Ephesians 5 (1), 1 Peter 2 (1)

Forms

• ἄφρων 4
• ἀφρόνων 3
• ἄφρονες 2
• ἄφρονα 2

Words used with it

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

• καυχάομαι kauchaomai “to boast” 2
• θέλημα thelēma “will/desire” 2
• ἀλήθεια alētheia “truth” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2
• ἐάν ean “if” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 11:40 — Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
• Luke 12:20 — But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Romans 2:20 — An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
• 1 Corinthians 15:36 — Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
• 2 Corinthians 11:16 — I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
• 2 Corinthians 11:19 — For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
• 2 Corinthians 12:6 — For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he…
• 2 Corinthians 12:11 — I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though…
• Ephesians 5:17 — Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
• 1 Peter 2:15 — For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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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.