877. aphrosuné
Strong's Concordance
aphrosuné: foolishness
Original Word: ἀφροσύνη, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: aphrosuné
Phonetic Spelling: (af-ros-oo'-nay)
Short Definition: want of sense, foolishness
Definition: want of sense, foolishness, impiety, wickedness.
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Cognate: 877 aphrosýnē – lack of perspective, emphasizing its quality (foolishness) – note the -synē suffix (focusing on the inherent quality of a term). See 878 (aphrōn).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 877: ἀφροσύνη

ἀφροσύνη, ἀφροσύνης, (ἄφρων), foolishness, folly, senselessness: 2 Corinthians 11:1, 17, 21; thoughtlessness, recklessness, Mark 7:22. (From Homer down.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
folly, foolishly.

From aphron; senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness -- folly, foolishly(-ness).

see GREEK aphron

Forms and Transliterations
αφροσύναις αφροσυνη αφροσύνη ἀφροσύνη ἀφροσύνῃ αφροσύνην αφροσυνης αφροσύνης ἀφροσύνης aphrosune aphrosunē aphrosunes aphrosunēs aphrosyne aphrosynē aphrosýne aphrosýnē aphrosýnei aphrosýnēi aphrosynes aphrosynēs aphrosýnes aphrosýnēs
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Strong's Greek 877
4 Occurrences


ἀφροσύνη — 3 Occ.
ἀφροσύνης — 1 Occ.

Mark 7:22 N-NFS
GRK: βλασφημία ὑπερηφανία ἀφροσύνη
NAS: slander, pride [and] foolishness.
KJV: blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
INT: slander pride foolishness

2 Corinthians 11:1 N-GFS
GRK: μικρόν τι ἀφροσύνης ἀλλὰ καὶ
NAS: with me in a little foolishness; but indeed
KJV: a little in [my] folly: and
INT: a little any in foolishness but indeed

2 Corinthians 11:17 N-DFS
GRK: ὡς ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ ἐν ταύτῃ
NAS: as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this
INT: as in foolishness in this

2 Corinthians 11:21 N-DFS
GRK: τολμᾷ ἐν ἀφροσύνῃ λέγω τολμῶ
NAS: I speak in foolishness-- I am
INT: might be daring in foolishness I speak am daring

4 Occurrences

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