Strong G3471μωραίνω
be foolish
- Transliteration
- mōrainō
- Pronunciation
- mo-rah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3474; to become insipid; figuratively to make (passively act) as a simpleton: - become fool make foolish lose savour.
Detailed definition
μωραίνω
(μωρός), [in LXX: Isa.19:11, Jer.10:14 51:17 (בָּעַר ni.), 2Ki.24:10, Isa.44:25 R (שָׂכַל ni., pi.)*;]
1. cl., to be foolish, play the fool.
2. LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish: 1Co.1:20; pass., to become foolish: Rom.1:22; of salt that has lost its flavour, become tasteless: Mat.5:13, Luk.14:34.†
(AS)
(μωρός), [in LXX: Isa.19:11, Jer.10:14 51:17 (בָּעַר ni.), 2Ki.24:10, Isa.44:25 R (שָׂכַל ni., pi.)*;]
1. cl., to be foolish, play the fool.
2. LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish: 1Co.1:20; pass., to become foolish: Rom.1:22; of salt that has lost its flavour, become tasteless: Mat.5:13, Luk.14:34.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3471 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- savour2
- become1
- make1
First verses
- Matthew 5:13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
- Luke 14:34Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
- Romans 1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
- 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μωρ-αίνω,
future - ᾰνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 614)]: aorist ἐμώρᾱνα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 719 (troch.):)] —passive, see below [Refs (11)]: (μῶρος):—to be silly, foolish, drivel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.11, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.103K., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 45, etc.)]; play the fool, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1148b2: with _accusative_ _cognate_, πεῖραν μ.)] make a mad attempt, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place])]; οὐδεὶς.. ταῦτα μωραίνει indulges in these follies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 282.22)]: euphemistic of illicit love, γυναῖκα μωραίνουσαν [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 674.)]
II causal, make foolish, convict of folly, ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῶν μωρανθήσεται [LXX (LXX.Isa.19.11)]; ἐμωράνθην σφόδρα[LXX+NT (LXX.2Ki.24.10, cf. NT.1Cor.1.20)]:—passive, to become foolish, be stupefied, [αἶγες] ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ μεμωραμμέναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610b30 (sed compare μωρόομαι))]; to become insipid, ἐὰν τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ [NT (NT.Matt.5.13.)]
future - ᾰνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 614)]: aorist ἐμώρᾱνα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 719 (troch.):)] —passive, see below [Refs (11)]: (μῶρος):—to be silly, foolish, drivel, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.11, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.103K., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 45, etc.)]; play the fool, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1148b2: with _accusative_ _cognate_, πεῖραν μ.)] make a mad attempt, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same place])]; οὐδεὶς.. ταῦτα μωραίνει indulges in these follies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 282.22)]: euphemistic of illicit love, γυναῖκα μωραίνουσαν [Refs ([prev. author] “Andr.” 674.)]
II causal, make foolish, convict of folly, ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῶν μωρανθήσεται [LXX (LXX.Isa.19.11)]; ἐμωράνθην σφόδρα[LXX+NT (LXX.2Ki.24.10, cf. NT.1Cor.1.20)]:—passive, to become foolish, be stupefied, [αἶγες] ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ μεμωραμμέναι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 610b30 (sed compare μωρόομαι))]; to become insipid, ἐὰν τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ [NT (NT.Matt.5.13.)]