Aphrosunē ἀφροσύνη

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Aphrosunē
ἀφροσύνη
Transliterationaphrosunē
Strong's numberG877
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossfoolishness
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent in2 Corinthians (3)

Aphrosunē (Greek ἀφροσύνη, Strong's G877) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “foolishness”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ
(ἄφρων), [in LXX for אִוֶּלֶת, נְבָלָה, etc. ;]
foolishness: Mrk.7:22, 2Co.11:1 11:17 11:21.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfoolishly (2), foolishness (1), folly (1)
BSBfoolishness (2), fool (2)

Verses

Every verse with Aphrosunē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

2 Corinthians

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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