adjective

afrōnos

Greekἄφρων (afrōn)

Strong’sG878

senseless, foolish, inconsiderate

stem afrōn-11 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books6 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

fool5×foolish4×fools2×

What it means

ἄφρων, -ον gen. -ονος

(< φρήν), [in LXX for כְּסִיל, נָבָל, etc.;]

without reason, senseless, foolish, expressing "want of mental sanity and sobriety, a reckless and inconsiderate habit of mind" (Hort; cf. MM, s.v.): Lk 11:40 12:20, Ro 2:20, I Co 15:36, II Co 11:16 12:6, 11, I Pe 2:15; opp. to φρόνιμος, II Co 11:19; to συνιέντες, Eph 2:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G878 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidaf'-rone

properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424;

King Jamesfool(-ish), unwise.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	afrōnos2×ἄφρων	afrōnas	afrōnem	afrōnois1×ἄφρονες	afrōnais	afrōneim
object accusative	afrōnon2×ἄφρονα	afrōnan		afrōnoin	afrōnain
direct address vocative	afrōnor2×Ἄφρων	afrōnar		afrōnoir1×ἄφρονες	afrōnair
of, belonging to genitive	afrōnou	afrōnau	afrōneu	afrōnoiu3×ἀφρόνων	afrōnaiu	afrōneiu
to, for dative	afrōno	afrōna	afrōne	afrōnoi	afrōnai	afrōnei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

afrōnstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

afrōn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

11 occurrences, every one of them listed

afrōnos“fool”subjectnominative singular2×

2 Corinthians 12:6“fool”ean gar thelameia kauchera, ouk emi afrōnos, alētheian gar legami; feidemō de, mē tinos eis min logizeteia huper hem blepatō min ē akouatō tinem ek mu,Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

2 Corinthians 12:11“fool”Ginamē afrōnos; vis min anankazava; mis gar ofeilame hupo vu sunistanirō. oudenem gar husterama toiu huperlian apostoloiu, ei kai oudenem amō;I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

afrōnon“fool”objectaccusative singular2×

2 Corinthians 11:16“fool”Palin legamō, mē tinos min dokateia afrōnon arō ei de mē ge, kan hōs afrōnon dechevar min, hina kamis mikrem tinem kauchemeia;I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:16“fool”Palin legamō, mē tinos min dokateia afrōnon arō ei de mē ge, kan hōs afrōnon dechevar min, hina kamis mikrem tinem kauchemeia;I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

afrōnor“fool”direct addressvocative singular2×

Luke 12:20“fool”legata de auto tos theos; Afrōnor, houta ta nuxa tan psuchan su apaitalō apo su; heim de hetoimazasa, tino eti?But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

1 Corinthians 15:36“foolish”afrōnor, sis hem speirasō, ouk zōopoiitō ean mē apothnēskateia;You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

afrōnois“foolish”subjectnominative plural1×

Ephesians 5:17“foolish”dia houtem mē ginevōr afrōnois, alla suniēkavōr tinem tem thelēmem tou kuriou;Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

afrōnoir“fools”direct addressvocative plural1×

Luke 11:40“fools”afrōnoir, ouk tos poiaratos tem exōthen kai tem esōthen poiata?You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

afrōnoiu“foolish”of, belonging togenitive plural3×

Romans 2:20“foolish”paideuton afrōnoiu, didaskalon nēpioiu, echarōton tan morfōsian tau gnōsiau kai tau alētheiau en to nomoan instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth —

2 Corinthians 11:19“fools”hēdeōs gar anechevō toiu afrōnoiu fronimois arōtois;For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.

1 Peter 2:15“foolish”hoti houtōs atō tem thelēmem tou theou, agathopoiarōtoin fimarō tan toiu afrōnoiu anthrōpoiu agnōsian;For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.