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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.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

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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 young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has wrought folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:23 - And the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my brethren, do not act so wickedly; seeing that this man has come into my house, do not do this vile thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine; let me bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but against this man do not do so vile a thing."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:6 - And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed abomination and wantonness in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may requite Gib'e-ah of Benjamin, for all the wanton crime which they have committed in Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid 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 - She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me; for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this wanton folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22 - In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 - Is not your 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 wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:5 - O God, thou knowest my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:23 - He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight."

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 - A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - If one gives answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:3 - When a man's folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:4

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

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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

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine--my mind still guiding me with wisdom--and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what he has already done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I turned my mind to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the sum of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness which is madness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in quiet 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 the perfumer's ointment give off an evil odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:3 - Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles false and misleading.
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