Word Summary
anoētos: not understanding
Original Word: ἀνόητοςTransliteration: anoētos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-o'-ay-tos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: not understanding
Meaning: not understanding
Strong's Concordance
foolish, unwise.
From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of noieo; unintelligent; by implication, sensual -- fool(-ish), unwise.
see GREEK a
see GREEK noieo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 453: ἀνόητοςἀνόητος,
ἀνόητον (
νοητός from
νοέω);
1. not understood, unintelligible;
2. generally active, not understanding, unwise, foolish: Romans 1:14 (opposed to σοφοί); Luke 24:25; Galatians 3:1, 3; Titus 3:3. ἐπιθυμίαι ἀνόητοι, 1 Timothy 6:9. (Proverbs 17:28; Psalm 48:13 (); and often in Attic writings; (cf. Trench, § lxxv.; Ellicott on Galatians 3:1; Schmidt, chapter 147 § 20).)