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Strong G3474μωρός

foolish

Transliteration
mōros
Pronunciation
mo-ros'
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

Probably form the base of G3466; dull or stupid (as if shut up) that is heedless (morally) blockhead (apparently) absurd: - fool (-ish X -ishness).

Detailed definition

μωρός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX for נָבָל, etc.; frequently in Sir.;]
1. prop., of the nerves, dull, sluggish (Hipp., Arist.).

2. Of the mind, dull, stupid, foolish: Mat.5:22 (see Field, Notes, 3 ff.) Mat.7:26 23:17, 19 (T, WH, txt., R, om.) Mat.25:2-3, 8, 1Co.3:18 4:10; of things, παράδοσις, Mrk.7:13 (T, WH, txt., R, om.): ζητήσεις, 2Ti.2:23, Tit.3:9; τὸ μ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.1:25; τὰ μ. τ. κόσμου, 1Co.1:27.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3474 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • foolish6
  • fool5
  • foolishness1
  • thing1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:22
    But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
  2. Matthew 7:26
    And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
  3. Matthew 23:17
    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
  4. Matthew 23:19
    Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
  5. Matthew 25:2
    And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
  6. Matthew 25:3
    They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
  7. Matthew 25:8
    And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:25
    Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
  9. 1 Corinthians 1:27
    But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
  10. 1 Corinthians 3:18
    Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
  11. 1 Corinthians 4:10
    We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
  12. 2 Timothy 2:23
    But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
  13. Titus 3:9
    But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μωρός, ά, όν,
Attic dialect μῶρος Hdn.Gr. 1.192: μῶρος as feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 61)], but accusative μῶραν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.17 (assuming variant))]:—dull, sluggish, of the nerves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Genit.” 2)]; χειμῶνος ἀρχομένου μ. γίνονται οἱ ἐργάται [τῶν σφηκῶν] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 628a6.)]
2 of persons, dull, stupid, μωροῦ φωτὸς ἅδε βουλά [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 57.6, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 220, 470, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.94, LXX.Sir.18.18, +others, NT.Matt.7.26, etc.)]: comparative in proverbial, μωρότερος Μορύχου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 74)]: superlative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.22.)]
2.b in a religious sense, λαὸς μ. καὶ ἀκάρδιος [LXX (LXX.Jer.5.21, +others)]
3 of things, δέδοικα μῶρον πυραύστου μόρον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 288; μῶρόν ἐστι τοὐγχείρημά σου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 540)]; τὸ μ. folly, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 966; τὸ μ. τοῦ θεοῦ σοφώτερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστί NT.1Cor.1.25)]; μῶρα φρονεῖν, φωνεῖν, δρᾶν, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 594, “OT” 433, “Ant.” 469; μῶρα.. μῶρος λέγει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 369, cf. LXX.Isa.32.6; μ. βουλεύεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 474.)]
3.b μ. ἀνάγκη blind necessity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 101 G.)]
4 of taste, insipid, flat, Comedy texts Adesp.[Refs 1st c.AD+ (596, Diocl.fragment 138, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.19.)]
II adverb -ρως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.21)]. (Cf. Sanskrit mūrás 'idiot'.)