What does ἀσύνετος (asýnetos) mean in the Bible?
ἀσύνετος (asýnetos): Lacks discernment to comprehend truth; moral blindness resulting from rejecting God's revelation.
Greek · G801
ἀσύνετος
Unintelligent; by implication, wicked
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ἀσύνετος G801
Pronunciation asýnetos
What does ἀσύνετος (asýnetos) mean in the Bible?
ἀσύνετος (asýnetos): Lacks discernment to comprehend truth; moral blindness resulting from rejecting God's revelation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G801?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [They are] senseless (1), dull (1), foolish (1), not understand (1), without understanding (1).
Where does ἀσύνετος (asýnetos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (3), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [They are] senseless 1× Romans 1:31
dull 1× Mark 7:18
foolish 1× Romans 1:21
not understand 1× Matthew 15:16
without understanding 1× Romans 10:19
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 15:16 ἀσύνετοί to not understand Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 7:18 ἀσύνετοί to dull Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Romans 1:21 ἀσύνετος to foolish Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Romans 1:31 ἀσυνέτους to [They are] senseless Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Romans 10:19 ἀσυνέτῳ to without understanding Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 15:16
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Romans 3
Source forms
ἀσύνετοί 2x asynetoi Matthew 15:16, Mark 7:18
ἀσύνετος 1x asynetos Romans 1:21
ἀσυνέτους 1x asynetous Romans 1:31
ἀσυνέτῳ 1x asynetō Romans 10:19
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 15:16, Mark 7:18
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 1:31
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular 1x Romans 10:19
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 1:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Lacks discernment to comprehend truth; moral blindness resulting from rejecting God's revelation.
Strong's G801
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
unintelligent; by implication, wicked
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Lacks discernment to comprehend truth; moral blindness resulting from rejecting God's revelation.
without understanding or discernment: Mat.15:16, Mrk.7:18 (Swete, in l), Rom.1:21, 31 10:19 (for an ex. of its use in the moral sense, see MM, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:16 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσύνετοί asunetoi
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verse Mark 7:18 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσύνετοί asunetoi
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verse Romans 1:21 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀσύνετος asunetov
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verse Romans 1:31 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσυνέτους, asunetouv
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verse Romans 10:19 Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
ἀσυνέτῳ asunetw
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:16 · Mark 7:18 2×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 1:21 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rom 10:19 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rom 1:31 1×
Word Origins
ἀσύνετος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain