μωρία
mōria · foolishness
Greek word · Strong’s number G3472 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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mōria (μωρία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “foolishness”.
What seems like folly, lack of sense.
How to say it
mō·ri·a
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
- What seems like madness.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Corinthians 1:18
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved, to us, it is the power of God.
- 1 Corinthians 1:21
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who believe.
- 1 Corinthians 1:23
but we proclaim the Messiah crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to the nations foolishness,
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are examined spiritually.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written: He catches the wise in their craftiness;