anoētos

Strong’sG453

foolish, thoughtless

stem anoēt-6 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἀ-νόητος, -ον

(ἀ- neg., νοητός; < νοέω), [in LXX: Pr 17:28 (אֱוִיל), Si 42:8, al.;]

1. not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.).

2. not understanding, foolish (Hdt., al., LXX): Lk 24:25, Ro 1:14, Ga 3:1, 3, I Ti 6:9, Tit 3:3 (Cremer, 438, 790; MM, VGT, s.v.).†

SYN.: ἀσύνετος (v. Tr., Syn., § lxxv).

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

Strong’s G453 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-o'-ay-tos

unintelligent; by implication, sensual

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3539;

King Jamesfool(-ish), unwise.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἀνό-ητος, ον,
not thought on, unheard of, ἄφραστ᾽ ἠδ᾽ ἀνόηταRefs
2 not within the province of thought, νοήματα ὄντα ἀνόητα εἶναιRefs 5th c.BC+; not the object of thought, unthinkable, Refs 3rd c.AD+adverb -τως without discursive thought, of vision, βλέψαι ἀ.Refs
II active, not understanding, unintelligent, senseless, silly, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὦ ἀνόητοι oh fools! Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to προνοητικός, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ότεροςRefs 2nd c.AD+; τὸ ἀ., opposed to τὸ νοῦν ἔχον, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.b with genitive, not understanding, θεοῦRefs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 of acts, thoughts, etc., ἀ. γνῶμαιRefs 5th c.BC+; οἴνου.. καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνοήτων and all other follies, Refs
II.2.b without mind, ἀνόητα καὶ ἄνευ ζωῆςRefs 3rd c.AD+
III adverb -τωςRefs 5th c.BC+: superlative -όταταRefs 2nd c.AD+:—also ἀνο-ητεί, Refs

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

foolish6×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	anoētos	anoētas	anoētem	anoētois2×ἀνόητοί	anoētais	anoēteim
object accusative	anoēton	anoētan		anoētoin	anoētain1×ἀνοήτους
direct address vocative	anoētor	anoētar		anoētoir2×ἀνόητοι	anoētair
of, belonging to genitive	anoētou	anoētau	anoēteu	anoētoiu	anoētaiu	anoēteiu
to, for dative	anoēto	anoēta	anoēte	anoētoi1×ἀνοήτοις	anoētai	anoētei

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

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

anoēt 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

anoētois“foolish”subjectnominative plural2×

Galatians 3:3houtōs anoētois avō? enarcherantois pneume nun sarka epitelovō?Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are …

Titus 3:3ane gar pote kai nis anoētois, apeithois, planorōntois, douleuarōntois epithumiai kai hēdonai …… at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all …

anoētoir“foolish”direct addressvocative plural2×

Luke 24:25kai autos legata pros autoin; Ō anoētoir kai braduoir ta kardia teu pisteuarō …Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to …

Galatians 3:1Ō anoētoir Galatoir, tinos vin baskanata, hoi kata …O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before …

anoētoi“foolish”to, fordative plural1×

Romans 1:14… tē kai barbaroi, sofoi tē kai anoētoi ofeiletos amō;… both to the wise and the foolish.

anoētain“foolish”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Timothy 6:9… peirasmon kai pagidan kai epithumiain pollain anoētain kai blaberain, hotinais buthizalō toin anthrōpoin …… temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them …