Greek adjective · G453
ἀνόητος
anoetosan-o'-ay-tos
not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.).; not understanding, foolish
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: anóētos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G453is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G453
unintelligent; by implication, sensual
The King James renders it: fool(-ish), unwise.
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
anoetos is rendered "not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.).; not understanding, foolish". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Galatians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Luke 24:25ἀνόητοι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Galatians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.)., and not understanding, foolish.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the… |
| not understanding, foolish | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the… |
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 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- ἀνόητοι3
- ἀνόητοί1
- ἀνοήτοις1
- ἀνοήτους1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2A-NPM
- adjective · vocative (address) · masculine plural2A-VPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1A-DPM
Luke
one use
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- ἀνόητοιanoetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: foolish
Romans
one use
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- ἀνοήτοιςanoetoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to foolish
Galatians
two uses
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
- ἀνόητοιanoetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: foolish
Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
- ἀνόητοίanoetoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: foolish
1 Timothy
one use
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- ἀνοήτουςanoetousadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: foolish
Titus
one use
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- ἀνόητοιanoetoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: 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.