878. aphrón
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aphrón: without reason, foolish
Original Word: ἄφρων, ονος, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: aphrón
Phonetic Spelling: (af'-rone)
Short Definition: senseless, foolish, inconsiderate
Definition: senseless, foolish, inconsiderate.

HELPS word-Studies

878 áphrōn – (an adjective, derived from 1 /A "without" and 5424 /phrḗn, "inner perspective as it regulates behavior") – properly, lacking perspective because short-sighted, i.e. lacking the "over-all picture" (perspective) needed to act prudently.

878 /áphrōn ("unperceptive") describes someone lacking true moderation because they fail to grasp cause-and-effect relationships – i.e. willful ignorance in understanding what prompts inevitable effects (consequences).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and phrén
Definition
without reason, foolish
NASB Translation
fool (2), foolish (8), foolish ones (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 878: ἄφρων

ἄφρων, ἀφρωνος, , , Ἄφρον, τό (from the alpha privative and φρήν, cf. εὔφρων, σώφρων) (from Homer down), properly, without reason ((εἴδωλα, Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 4); of beasts, ibid. 1, 4, 14), senseless, foolish, stupid; without refection or intelligence, acting rashly: Luke 11:40; Luke 12:20; Romans 2:20; 1 Corinthians 15:36; 2 Corinthians 11:16, 19 (opposed to φρόνιμος, as in Proverbs 11:29); 2 Corinthians 12:6, 11; Ephesians 5:17 (opposed to συνιέντες); 1 Peter 2:15. (A strong term; cf. Schmidt, chapter 147 § 17.)



Strong's
foolish, unwise.

From a (as a negative particle) and phren; properly, mindless, i.e. Stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving -- fool(-ish), unwise.

see GREEK a

see GREEK phren

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