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Lexicon :: Strong's G453 - anoētos

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ἀνόητος
Transliteration
anoētos (Key)
Pronunciation
an-o'-ay-tos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of νοέω (G3539)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:961,636

Strong’s Definitions

ἀνόητος anóētos, an-o'-ay-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3539; unintelligent; by implication, sensual:—fool(-ish), unwise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G453 in the following manner: foolish (4x), fool (1x), unwise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G453 in the following manner: foolish (4x), fool (1x), unwise (1x).

  1. not understood, unintelligible

  2. not understanding, unwise, foolish

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀνόητος anóētos, an-o'-ay-tos; from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3539; unintelligent; by implication, sensual:—fool(-ish), unwise.
STRONGS G453:
ἀνόητος, -ον (νοητός from νοέω);
1. not understood, unintelligible;
2. generally active, not understanding, unwise, foolish: Romans 1:14 (opposed to σοφοί); Luke 24:25; Galatians 3:1, 3; Titus 3:3. ἐπιθυμίαι ἀνόητοι, 1 Timothy 6:9. (Proverbs 17:28; Psalm 48:13 (Ps. 49:13); and often in Attic writings; [cf. Trench, § lxxv.; Ellicott on Galatians 3:1; Schmidt, chapter 147 § 20].)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
48:13; 49:13
Proverbs
17:28
Luke
24:25
Romans
1:14
Galatians
3:1; 3:1; 3:3
1 Timothy
6:9
Titus
3:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G453 matches the Greek ἀνόητος (anoētos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:25 - Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to trust and believe in everything that the prophets have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:14 - I have a duty to perform and a debt to pay both to Greeks and to barbarians [the cultured and the uncultured], both to the wise and to the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:1 -

O you foolish and thoughtless and superficial Galatians, who has bewitched you [that you would act like this], to whom—right before your very eyes—Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified [in the gospel message]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:3 - Are you so foolish and senseless? Having begun [your new life by faith] with the Spirit, are you now being perfected and reaching spiritual maturity by the flesh [that is, by your own works and efforts to keep the Law]?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:9 - But those who [are not financially ethical and] crave to get rich [with a compulsive, greedy longing for wealth] fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction [leading to personal misery].

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
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