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Lexicon :: Strong's G877 - aphrosynē

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ἀφροσύνη
Transliteration
aphrosynē (Key)
Pronunciation
af-ros-oo'-nay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:220,1277

Strong’s Definitions

ἀφροσύνη aphrosýnē, af-ros-oo'-nay; from G878; senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness:—folly, foolishly(-ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G877 in the following manner: foolishly (with G1722) (2x), foolishness (1x), folly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G877 in the following manner: foolishly (with G1722) (2x), foolishness (1x), folly (1x).

  1. foolishness, folly, senselessness

  2. thoughtlessness, recklessness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀφροσύνη aphrosýnē, af-ros-oo'-nay; from G878; senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness:—folly, foolishly(-ness).
STRONGS G877:
ἀφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ, (ἄφρων), foolishness, folly, senselessness: 2 Corinthians 11:1, 17, 21; thoughtlessness, recklessness, Mark 7:22. [From Homer down.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
7:22
2 Corinthians
11:1; 11:17; 11:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G877 matches the Greek ἀφροσύνη (aphrosynē),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her, and she will die because she has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brothers, please do not do evil. Since this man has come into my house, do not commit this disgraceful act.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Behold, my daughter who is a virgin, and his concubine—please let me bring them out that you may violate them and do to them whatever is good in your eyes. But do not commit such a disgraceful act against this man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - “And I seized my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance; for they have committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - “And we will take 10 men out of 100 throughout the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of 1,000, and 1,000 out of 10,000 in order to take up provisions for the people, that when they come to [fn]Gibeah of Benjamin, they may do to them according to all the disgraceful acts that they have done in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please do not let my lord [fn]pay attention to this [fn]vile man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. [fn]Nabal is his name, and wicked foolishness is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - But she said to him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22 -

Through all this Job did not sin, nor did he give offense to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 -

“Is not your [fn]fear of God your confidence,

And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:5 -

My [fn]wounds stink and rot

Because of my [fn]folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:5 -

O God, it is You who knows my folly,

And [fn]all my guilt is not hidden from You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 -

Her feet go down to death,

Her steps take hold of Sheol,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:23

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He will die for lack of discipline,

And in the abundance of his [fn]folly he will [fn]stumble in intoxication.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:6

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“[fn]Forsake your simplicity and live,

And step into the way of understanding.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:2

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A fool does not delight in discernment,

But only in revealing his own heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:13

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He who responds with a word before he hears,

It is folly and shame to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:3

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The folly of man subverts his way,

But his heart rages against Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:4

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Do not answer a fool according to his folly,

Lest you yourself also be like him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 -

Answer a fool according to his folly,

Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

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Though you pound an ignorant fool in a mortar with a pestle in the midst of crushed grain,

His [fn]folly will not turn aside from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored with my heart how to [fn]stimulate my [fn]body with wine—while my heart was guiding me wisely—and how to seize simpleminded folly, until I could see where is this good for the sons of men in what they do under heaven the few days of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 -

So I turned to see wisdom, madness, and simpleminded folly. What will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - And I saw that there is an advantage in wisdom over simpleminded folly as light has an advantage over darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I turned my heart to know, to explore, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the wickedness of foolishness and the simpleminded folly of madness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in restfulness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little simpleminded folly is weightier than wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3 - Even when the simpleminded fool walks along the road, his heart lacks wisdom, and he says to all that he is a simpleminded fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -

Nun

Your prophets have beheld for you

Worthless and ineffective visions;

And they have not uncovered your iniquity

So as to [fn]return you from captivity,

But they have beheld for you worthless and misleading [fn]oracles.

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