ἄφρων (aphrōn) means “foolish” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: af'-rone Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ἄφρων · aphrōn · foolish
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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senseless, foolish, inconsiderate.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a fool | 4 |
| fool | 1 |
| foolish | 1 |
| fools | 1 |
| of foolish | 1 |
| of the foolish | 1 |
| you fool | 1 |
| you fools | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a fool | 3 |
| fool | 2 |
| fools | 1 |
| of foolish | 1 |
| of the foolish | 1 |
| unwise | 1 |
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You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
Read word by wordBut God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Read word by wordan instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
Read word by wordYou fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordFor you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.
Read word by wordEven 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,
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordTherefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Read word by wordFor it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
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