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Lexicon :: Strong's G878 - aphrōn

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ἄφρων
Transliteration
aphrōn (Key)
Pronunciation
af'-rone
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and φρήν (G5424)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:220,1277

Strong’s Definitions

ἄφρων áphrōn, af'-rone; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving:—fool(-ish), unwise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G878 in the following manner: fool (8x), foolish (2x), unwise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G878 in the following manner: fool (8x), foolish (2x), unwise (1x).

  1. without reason

  2. senseless, foolish, stupid

  3. without reflection or intelligence, acting rashly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄφρων áphrōn, af'-rone; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving:—fool(-ish), unwise.
STRONGS G878:
ἄφρων, -ονος, ὁ, ἡ, -ον, τό, (from α privative and φρήν, cf. εὔφρων, σώφρων) [from Homer down], properly, without reason ([εἴδωλα, Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 4]; of beasts, ibid. 1, 4, 14), senseless, foolish, stupid; without refection or intelligence, acting rashly: Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; Romans 2:20; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 2 Corinthians 11:16, 19 (opposed to φρόνιμος, as in Proverbs 11:29); 2 Corinthians 12:6, 11; Ephesians 5:17 (opposed to συνιέντες); 1 Peter 2:15. [A strong term; cf. Schmidt, chapter 147 § 17.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
11:29
Luke
11:40; 12:20
Romans
2:20
1 Corinthians
15:36
2 Corinthians
11:16; 11:19; 12:6; 12:11
Ephesians
5:17
1 Peter
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G878 matches the Greek ἄφρων (aphrōn),
which occurs 113 times in 111 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Pro 17:12–Ecc 7:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:16 - Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 - Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 - A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:22 - Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:10 - Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:25 - Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29 - Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:3 - A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:9 - The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:30 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 - Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:7 - The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:12 - A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:26 - He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11 - A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:2 - Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 - The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:5 - It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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