ἀφροσύνη
aphrosunē
“foolishness”
Definition
senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness
from G878 (ἄφρων);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ἀφροσύνη appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.
In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that!Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
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