Greek verb · G3471
μωραίνω
morainomo-rah'-ee-no
cl., to be foolish, play the fool.; LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mōraínō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3471is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3471
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton
The King James renders it: become fool, make foolish, lose savour.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
moraino is rendered "cl., to be foolish, play the fool.; LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "cl., to be foolish, play the fool.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
Matthew 5:13μωρανθῇ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Matthew.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: cl., to be foolish, play the fool., and LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| cl., to be foolish, play the fool. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 5:13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor… |
| LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish1Co.1:20; pass., to become foolish | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 5:13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μωρανθῇ2
- ἐμώρανεν1
- ἐμωράνθησαν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-APS-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
Matthew
one use
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
- μωρανθῇmorantheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall become tasteless
Luke
one use
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
- μωρανθῇmorantheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall become tasteless
Romans
one use
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- ἐμωράνθησανemoranthesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they became fools
1 Corinthians
one use
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
- ἐμώρανενemoranenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has made foolish
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.