adjective

anoētos

Greekἀνόητος (anoētos)

Strong’sG453

foolish, thoughtless

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

Translated as

foolish6×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

anoētois“foolish”subjectnominative plural2×

Galatians 3:3“foolish”houtōs anoētois avō? enarcheratois pneume nun sarxa epitelevō?Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

Titus 3:3“foolish”ane gar pote kai nis anoētois, apeithois, planirōtois, douleuarōtois epithumiai kai hēdonai poikilai, en kakia kai fthono diagarōtois, stugētois, misarōtois allēloin.For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

anoētoir“foolish”direct addressvocative plural2×

Luke 24:25“foolish”kai autos legata pros autoin; Ō anoētoir kai braduoir ta kardia teu pisteuarō epi pantei hei lalala tois profētois;Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Galatians 3:1“foolish”Ō anoētoir Galatoir, tinos vin baskainata, hoi kata ofthalmoin Iēsus Christos prografita staurirētos?O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

anoētoi“foolish”to, fordative plural1×

Romans 1:14“foolish”Hellēnoi tē kai barbaroi, sofoi tē kai anoētoi ofeiletos amō;I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

anoētain“foolish”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Timothy 6:9“foolish”tois de boulerōtois ploutarō empiptalō eis peirasmon kai pagian kai epithumiain pollain anoētain kai blaberain, hotinais buthizalō toin anthrōpoin eis olethron kai apōleian;Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.