Word Summary
aphrosynē: foolishness
Original Word: ἀφροσύνηTransliteration: aphrosynē
Phonetic Spelling: (af-ros-oo'-nay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: foolishness
Meaning: foolishness
Strong's Concordance
folly, foolishly.
From aphron; senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness -- folly, foolishly(-ness).
see GREEK aphron
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 877: ἀφροσύνηἀφροσύνη,
ἀφροσύνης,
ἡ (
ἄφρων),
foolishness, folly, senselessness:
2 Corinthians 11:1, 17, 21;
thoughtlessness, recklessness, Mark 7:22. (From
Homer down.)