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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 BoxDeu 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - The owner of the house went outside and said to them, “No, my friends, don’t be so vile. Since this man is my guest, don’t do this outrageous thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - Look, here is my virgin daughter, and his concubine. I will bring them out to you now, and you can use them and do to them whatever you wish. But as for this man, don’t do such an outrageous thing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance, because they committed this lewd and outrageous act in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - We’ll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a thousand from ten thousand, to get provisions for the army. Then, when the army arrives at Gibeah[fn] in Benjamin, it can give them what they deserve for this outrageous act done in Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - “No, my brother!” she said to him. “Don’t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don’t do this wicked thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22 - In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 - Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:5 - My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:5 - You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:23 - For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 - Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 - A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3 - Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading.
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