Strong G454ἄνοια
folly
- Transliteration
- anoia
- Pronunciation
- an'-oy-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀνοια, -ας, ἡ
(ἄ-νοος, without understanding), [in LXX: Pro.14:8, 2215 (אִוֶּלֶת), Wis.15:18, al.;]
folly, foolishness: 2Ti.3:9; expressed in violent rage (cf. Plat., Tim., 86B): Luk.6:11.†
(AS)
(ἄ-νοος, without understanding), [in LXX: Pro.14:8, 2215 (אִוֶּלֶת), Wis.15:18, al.;]
folly, foolishness: 2Ti.3:9; expressed in violent rage (cf. Plat., Tim., 86B): Luk.6:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G454 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- folly1
- madness1
First verses
- Luke 6:11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
- 2 Timothy 3:9But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄνοια,
Epic dialect ἀνοίη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 453)], ἡ:— the character of an ἄνοος, want of understanding, folly, ἀνοίη in folly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69; ὑπ᾽ ἀνοίας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1079, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 143; νεότητι καὶ ἀνοία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 716a; ἄ. λόγου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 603; τὴν ἄ. εὖ φέρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 398)]; πολλῆ ἀνοια χρῆσθαι to be a great fool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.2; πολλὴ ἄ. [ἐστι] πολεμῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61)]; ἄνοιαν ὀφλισκάνειν to be thought a fool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.26; δύο ἀνοίας γένη, τὸ μὲν μανίαν, τὸ δ᾽ ἀμαθίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 86b)]; but opposed to μανία, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 382c, 382e, etc.)]: plural, follies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.7. [In Trag. sometimes paroxyt. ἀνοίᾱ (compare ἀγνοίᾱ),compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 402, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.5, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 519.])]
Epic dialect ἀνοίη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 453)], ἡ:— the character of an ἄνοος, want of understanding, folly, ἀνοίη in folly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69; ὑπ᾽ ἀνοίας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1079, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 143; νεότητι καὶ ἀνοία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 716a; ἄ. λόγου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 603; τὴν ἄ. εὖ φέρειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 398)]; πολλῆ ἀνοια χρῆσθαι to be a great fool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.2; πολλὴ ἄ. [ἐστι] πολεμῆσαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61)]; ἄνοιαν ὀφλισκάνειν to be thought a fool, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.26; δύο ἀνοίας γένη, τὸ μὲν μανίαν, τὸ δ᾽ ἀμαθίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 86b)]; but opposed to μανία, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 382c, 382e, etc.)]: plural, follies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.7. [In Trag. sometimes paroxyt. ἀνοίᾱ (compare ἀγνοίᾱ),compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 402, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.5, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 519.])]