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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ἀσύνετοςG801
Pronunciationasýnetos
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] senseless1×Romans 1:31
dull1×Mark 7:18
foolish1×Romans 1:21
not understand1×Matthew 15:16
without understanding1×Romans 10:19
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 15:16ἀσύνετοίtonot understandAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralMark 7:18ἀσύνετοίtodullAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralRomans 1:21ἀσύνετοςtofoolishAdjective - Nominative Feminine SingularRomans 1:31ἀσυνέτουςto[They are] senselessAdjective - Accusative Masculine PluralRomans 10:19ἀσυνέτῳtowithout understandingAdjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 15:16
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Romans3
Source forms
ἀσύνετοί2xasynetoiMatthew 15:16, Mark 7:18
ἀσύνετος1xasynetosRomans 1:21
ἀσυνέτους1xasynetousRomans 1:31
ἀσυνέτῳ1xasynetōRomans 10:19
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural2xMatthew 15:16, Mark 7:18
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xRomans 1:31
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular1xRomans 10:19
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular1xRomans 1:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Lacks discernment to comprehend truth; moral blindness resulting from rejecting God's revelation.
Strong'sG801
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
unintelligent; by implication, wicked
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 15:16Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσύνετοίasunetoi
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verseMark 7:18Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσύνετοίasunetoi
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verseRomans 1:21Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀσύνετοςasunetov
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verseRomans 1:31Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσυνέτους,asunetouv
unintelligent, unwise, undiscerning
Read verseRomans 10:19Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
ἀσυνέτῳasunetw
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 patterns4Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (3)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 15:16 · Mark 7:182×
Nominative · Singular · FeminineRom 1:211×
Dative · Singular · NeuterRom 10:191×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineRom 1:311×
Word Origins
ἀσύνετος is built from these roots:
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