noun · feminine
anoias
Greekἄνοια (anoia)
Strong’sG454
folly, madness
stem anoi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἄνοια, -ας, ἡ
(< ἄ-νοος, without understanding), [in LXX: Pr 14:8 22:15 (אִוֶּלֶת), Wi 15:18, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G454 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anoias1×ἄνοια | anoiais |
| object accusative | anoian | anoiain |
| direct address vocative | anoiar | anoiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | anoiau1×ἀνοίας | anoiaiu |
| to, for dative | anoia | anoiai |
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
anoia 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
anoias“folly”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Timothy 3:9“folly”alla ouk prokoptali epi polloterem, tas gar anoias autoiu ekdēlas eti pantoi, hōs kai tas ekeinoiu gineta.But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
anoiau“rage”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 6:11“rage”autois de pimplēila anoiau, kai dialalale pros allēloin tinem an poialoia to Iēso.But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.