Greek adjective · G878
ἄφρων
aphronaf'-rone
foolish
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: áphrōn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G878is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G878
properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving
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
aphron is rendered "foolish". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Five of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 11:40You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
Luke 11:40ἄφρονες
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's eleven uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a fool4
- Fool2
- Fools2
- of foolish2
- foolish1
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 11, 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
- ἄφρων4
- ἀφρόνων3
- ἄφρονα2
- ἄφρονες2
The grammar of each form
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3A-GPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular2A-ASM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2A-NSM
- adjective · vocative (address) · masculine singular2A-VSM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1A-NPM
- adjective · vocative (address) · masculine plural1A-VPM
Luke
two uses
You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
- ἄφρονεςaphronesadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Fools
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- ἄφρωνaphronadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Fool
Romans
one use
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
- ἀφρόνωνaphrononadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of foolish
1 Corinthians
one use
You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
- ἄφρωνaphronadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Fool
2 Corinthians
five uses
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
- ἄφροναaphronaadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a fool
- ἄφροναaphronaadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a fool
For you gladly tolerate fools, since you are so wise.
- ἀφρόνωνaphrononadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: fools
Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
- ἄφρωνaphronadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a fool
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
- ἄφρωνaphronadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a fool
Ephesians
one use
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
- ἄφρονεςaphronesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: foolish
1 Peter
one use
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
- ἀφρόνωνaphrononadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of 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.