noun · feminine

mōrias

Greekμωρία (mōria)

Strong’sG3472

folly, absurdity

stem mōri-5 times in the New Testament3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

foolishness5×

What it means

** μωρία, -ας, ἡ

(< μωρός), [in LXX: Si 20:31*;]

foolishness: I Co 1:18, 21, 23 2:14 3:19.†

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

Strong’s G3472 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmo-ree'-ah

silliness, i.e. absurdity

Fromfrom G3474;

King Jamesfoolishness.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	mōrias3×μωρία	mōriais
object accusative	mōrian1×μωρίαν	mōriain
direct address vocative	mōriar	mōriair
of, belonging to genitive	mōriau1×μωρίας	mōriaiu
to, for dative	mōria	mōriai

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

mōristem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mōria 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

mōrias“foolishness”subjectnominative singular3×

1 Corinthians 1:18“foolishness”Tos logos gar tos tou staurou toi men apolluerōtoi mōrias atō, toi de sōzirōtoi ni dunamias theou atō.For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:14“foolishness”Psuchikos de anthrōpos ouk dechetō teim teu pneumeu tou theou, mōrias gar auto atō, kai ouk dunetō gnōskara, hoti pneumatikōs anakrinitō;The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 3:19“foolishness”tas gar sofias tou kosmou houtou mōrias para to theo atō; grafitē gar; Tos drasserōtos toin sofoin en ta panourgia autoiu;For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

mōrian“foolishness”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Corinthians 1:23“foolishness”nis de kērussanō Christon staurirēton, Ioudaioi men skandalem ethnei de mōrian,but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

mōriau“foolishness”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

1 Corinthians 1:21“foolishness”epeidē gar en ta sofia tou theou ouk gnōskata tos kosmos dia tau sofiau ton theon, eudokata tos theos dia tau mōriau teu kērugmeu sōzara toin pisteuarōtoin.For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.