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Lexicon :: Strong's G3474 - mōros

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μωρός
Transliteration
mōros (Key)
Pronunciation
mo-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of μυστήριον (G3466)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:832,620

Strong’s Definitions

μωρός mōrós, mo-ros'; probably from the base of G3466; dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd:—fool(-ish, X -ishness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G3474 in the following manner: foolish (7x), fool (5x), foolishness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G3474 in the following manner: foolish (7x), fool (5x), foolishness (1x).

  1. foolish

  2. impious, godless

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μωρός mōrós, mo-ros'; probably from the base of G3466; dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd:—fool(-ish, X -ishness).
STRONGS G3474:
μωρός, μωρά, μωρόν (on the accent cf. Winers Grammar, 52 (51); Chandler §§ 404, 405), foolish: with τυφλός, Matthew 23:17, 19 (here T Tr WH text omit; L brackets μωροί); τό μωρόν τοῦ Θεοῦ, an act or appointment of God deemed foolish by men, 1 Corinthians 1:25; equivalent to without learning or erudition, 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 4:10; imprudent, without forethought or wisdom, Matthew 7:26; Matthew 23:17, 19 (see above); Matthew 25:2f, 8; equivalent to empty, useless, ζητήσεις, 2 Timothy 2:23; Titus 3:9; in imitation of the Hebrew נָבָל (cf. Psalm 13:1 (Ps. 14:1); Job 2:10) equivalent to impious, godless (because such a man neglects and despises what relates to salvation), Matthew 5:22; (some take the word here as a Hebrew term (מורֶה, rebel) expressive of condemnation; cf. Numbers 20:10; Psalm 78:8; but see the Syriac; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii. at the passage; Levy, Neuhebräisch. u. Chald. Wörterbuch under the word מורום). (the Sept. for נָבָל, Deuteronomy 32:6; Isaiah 32:5f; for כְּסִיל, Psalm 93:8 (Ps. 94:8). (Aeschylus, Sophocles, others.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
20:10
Deuteronomy
32:6
Job
2:10
Psalms
13:1; 14:1; 78:8; 94:8
Isaiah
32:5
Matthew
5:22; 7:26; 23:17; 23:17; 23:19; 23:19; 25:2; 25:8
1 Corinthians
1:25; 1:27; 3:18; 4:10
2 Timothy
2:23
Titus
3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3474 matches the Greek μωρός (mōros),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

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“Is this what you do to the LORD,

You foolish and unwise people?

Is He not your Father who has purchased you?

He has made you and established you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:7 -

“But now He has exhausted me;

You have laid waste all my group of loved ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:8

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Pay attention, you stupid ones among the people;

And when will you understand, foolish ones?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

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The officials of [fn]Zoan are mere fools;

The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become [fn]stupid.

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:5

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No longer will the fool be called noble,

Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

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For a fool speaks nonsense,

And his heart [fn]inclines toward wickedness:

To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,

To [fn]keep the hungry person unsatisfied

And [fn]to withhold drink from the thirsty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:21

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‘Now hear this, you foolish and [fn]senseless people,

Who have eyes but do not see,

Who have ears but do not hear.

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