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G0878ἄφρωνaphrōn

foolishPart of speech: Greek Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. Matthew: 0
  2. Mark: 0
  3. 2
  4. John: 0
  5. Acts: 0
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 5
  9. Galatians: 0
  10. 1
  11. Philippians: 0
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 1 Thessalonians: 0
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 2 Timothy: 0
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. Hebrews: 0
  20. James: 0
  21. 1
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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11 occurrences in 10 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Luke 11:40

    O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?

    ἄφρονες, aphrones “Fools!”

  2. Luke 12:20

    But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

    ἄφρων, aphrōn “Fool!”

  3. Romans 2:20

    A teacher of the foolish, having in the law the form of knowledge and of what is true;

    ἀφρόνων, aphronōn “of [the] foolish,”

  4. 1 Corinthians 15:36

    Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

    ἄφρων, aphrōn “Fool”

  5. 2 Corinthians 11:16

    I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

    ἄφρονα aphrona “a fool”ἄφρονα aphrona “a fool”

  6. 2 Corinthians 11:19

    For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

    ἀφρόνων, aphronōn “fools,”

  7. 2 Corinthians 12:6

    For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.

    ἄφρων· aphrōn “a fool;”

  8. 2 Corinthians 12:11

    I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

    ἄφρων aphrōn “a fool”

  9. Ephesians 5:17

    For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

    ἄφρονες, aphrones “foolish,”

  10. 1 Peter 2:15

    Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

    ἀφρόνων aphronōn “of foolish”