noun · feminine
parafronias
Greekπαραφρονία (parafronia)
Strong’sG3913
madness, folly
stem parafroni-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† παρα-φρονία, -ας, ἡ, = cl. παραφροσύνη,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3913 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpar-af-ron-ee'-ah
insanity, i.e. foolhardiness
Fromfrom G3912;
King Jamesmadness.
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 | parafronias | parafroniais |
| object accusative | parafronian1×παραφρονίαν | parafroniain |
| direct address vocative | parafroniar | parafroniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | parafroniau | parafroniaiu |
| to, for dative | parafronia | parafroniai |
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
parafronia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
parafronian“madness”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Peter 2:16“madness”elenxian de echata idiau paranomiau; hupozugiem afōnem en anthrōpou fōna fthengeratem kōluata tan tou profētou parafronian.But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.