ἀσύνετος
asynetos · without understanding
Greek word · Strong’s number G801 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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asynetos (ἀσύνετος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “without understanding”.
Slow to grasp.
How to say it
a·sy·ne·tos
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
- Unable to grasp; lacking judgment.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- senseless ×2
- without understanding ×2
- lacking in understanding ×1
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 15:16
And he said, “Are you also still without understanding?
- Mark 7:18
And he says to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding too? Do you not see that whatever goes from outside into a person cannot defile him,
- Romans 1:21
Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts, and their senseless heart was darkened.
- Romans 1:31
senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
- Romans 10:19
But I say: It is not that Israel did not know, is it? First Moses says: I will provoke you to jealousy with what is not a nation; with a nation without understanding I will make you angry.