adjective
asunetos
Strong’sG801
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
stem asunet-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 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-σύνετος, -ον
[in LXX: De 32:21 (נָבָל), Jb 13:2 (נפל), Ps 91 (92):6 (כְּסִיל), Ps 75 (76):5, Wi2, Si6*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G801 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Attic dialect ἀξ-, ον, void of understanding, witless, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative, Refs 5th c.BC+; τί τάδ᾽ ἀσύνετ; what folly is this? Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -τωςRefs 1st c.AD+
2 with genitive, not able to understand, λόγουRefs 1st c.AD+
II not to be understood, unintelligible, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -τωςRefs 2nd c.BC+
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.
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 | asunetos | asunetas1×ἀσύνετος | asunetem | asunetois2×ἀσύνετοί | asunetais | asuneteim |
| object accusative | asuneton | asunetan | asunetoin1×ἀσυνέτους | asunetain | ||
| direct address vocative | asunetor | asunetar | asunetoir | asunetair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | asunetou | asunetau | asuneteu | asunetoiu | asunetaiu | asuneteiu |
| to, for dative | asuneto | asuneta | asunete1×ἀσυνέτῳ | asunetoi | asunetai | asunetei |
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
asunet 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
asunetas“foolish”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 1:21… toi dialogismoi autoiu kai skotizita tas asunetas autoiu kardias;… their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
asunete“foolish”to, fordative singular1×
Romans 10:19“foolish”… vin epi ouk ethne, epi ethne asunete parorgizami vin.… will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
asunetois“without understanding”subjectnominative plural2×
Matthew 15:16“without understanding”tos de legata; Akmēn kai vis asunetois avō?“Do you still not understand …
Mark 7:18“without understanding”kai legatō autoi; Houtōs kai vis asunetois avō? ouk noavō hoti pantem tem …“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a …
asunetoin“senseless”objectaccusative plural1×
Romans 1:31asunetoin, asunthetoin, astorgoin, aneleēmonoin;They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.