GreekG0877Noun (Feminine)

ἀφροσύνη

aphrosunē

4Occurrences
G0877Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness

from G878 (ἄφρων);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
foolishness.
LXX: for אִוֶּלֶת, נְבָלָה, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀφροσύνη appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Corinthians
3
Mark
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 11:1BSB

I hope you will bear with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

2 Corinthians 11:17BSB

In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

2 Corinthians 11:21BSB

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.

Mark 7:22BSB

greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

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