aphrōn · foolish

What it means

aphrōn (ἄφρων) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “foolish”.

Senseless.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone without sense.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fool ×6
• foolish ×3
• Fools ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×2
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 2 Corinthians×5
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Luke 11:40

  Fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?

• Luke 12:20

  But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night they demand your soul from you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

• Romans 2:20

  an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and of truth—

• 1 Corinthians 15:36

  You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

• 2 Corinthians 11:16

  Again I say, let no one think that I am a fool; but if otherwise, at least as a fool accept me, so that I too may boast a little.

• 2 Corinthians 11:19

  For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!

• 2 Corinthians 12:6

  For if I should want to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain, lest anyone credit to me more than what he sees in me or hears from me,

• 2 Corinthians 12:11

  I have become a fool; you forced me to it. For I ought to have been commended by you; for I fell short in nothing of those super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

• Ephesians 5:17

  For this reason do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

• 1 Peter 2:15

  For so is the will of God, that by doing good you silence the ignorance of foolish people.

And 1 more times.