What does ἀφροσύνη (aphrosýnē) mean in the Bible?
ἀφροσύνη (aphrosýnē): Foolishness as senseless behavior lacking moral and spiritual discernment, not mere intellectual limitation.
Greek · G877
ἀφροσύνη
Foolishness
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ἀφροσύνη G877
Pronunciation aphrosýnē
What does ἀφροσύνη (aphrosýnē) mean in the Bible?
ἀφροσύνη (aphrosýnē): Foolishness as senseless behavior lacking moral and spiritual discernment, not mere intellectual limitation.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G877?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] foolishness (1), a fool (1), as a fool (1), foolishness (1).
Where does ἀφροσύνη (aphrosýnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 7:22. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (3), Mark (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 [and] foolishness 1× Mark 7:22
a fool 1× 2 Corinthians 11:17
as a fool 1× 2 Corinthians 11:21
foolishness 1× 2 Corinthians 11:1
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 7:22
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Mark 1 2 Corinthians 3
Source forms
ἀφροσύνῃ 2x aphrosynē 2 Corinthians 11:17, 2 Corinthians 11:21
ἀφροσύνη 1x aphrosynē Mark 7:22
ἀφροσύνης 1x aphrosynēs 2 Corinthians 11:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x 2 Corinthians 11:17, 2 Corinthians 11:21
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 11:1
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Mark 7:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Foolishness as senseless behavior lacking moral and spiritual discernment, not mere intellectual limitation.
Strong's G877
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 26:4 Source Gloss
foolishness
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 7:22 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀφροσύνη· afrosunh
want of sense, foolishness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:1 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀφροσύνῃ· afrosunh
want of sense, foolishness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:17 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀφροσύνῃ, afrosunh
want of sense, foolishness
Read verse 2 Corinthians 11:21 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀφροσύνῃ afrosunh
want of sense, foolishness
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 3 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 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 7:22 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 11:1 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 11:17 · 2 Cor 11:21 2×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
foolishness as lack of wisdom, contrasted with wise response
foolishness as opposite of wealth and wisdom, product of folly
foolishness as characteristic behavior of the senseless person
foolishness as inherent tendency in youth, requiring correction and discipline
Word Origins
ἀφροσύνη is built from this root:
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