Lexical Definition

‎ἀφροσύνη‎ aphrosýnē (af-ros-oo'-nay) foolishness G:N-F
from ‎ἄφρων‎

folly, foolishly(-ness).

Usage: 7 forms in 32 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἀφροσύνῃ foolishness 2Cor.11.17 • 2Cor.11.21
ἀφροσύνησ of foolishness 2Cor.11.1
ἀφροσύνη foolishness Mark.7.22
αφροσύνησ of folly LXX.Prov.5.5 • LXX.Eccl.10.1
of my folly LXX.Ps.38.5
of this folly LXX.Judg.19.24
αφροσύνην folly LXX.Deut.22.21 • LXX.Judg.20.6 • LXX.Judg.20.10 • LXX.Job.1.22 • LXX.Prov.5.23 • LXX.Prov.9.6 • LXX.Prov.26.4 • LXX.Eccl.2.12 • LXX.Eccl.2.13 • LXX.Lam.2.14
folly of that one LXX.Prov.26.5
foolishness LXX.Eccl.7.25
his folly LXX.Prov.27.22
my folly LXX.Ps.69.5
this folly LXX.Judg.19.23 • LXX.2Sam.13.12
αφροσύνη by folly LXX.Prov.18.2
folly LXX.1Sam.25.25 • LXX.Job.4.6 • LXX.Prov.18.13 • LXX.Prov.19.3 • LXX.Eccl.10.13
is folly LXX.Eccl.10.3
αφροσύναισ follies LXX.Eccl.9.17

Abbott-Smith

ἀφροσύνη, -ης, ἡ (< ἄφρων), [in LXX for אִוֶּלֶת, נְבָלָה, etc.;]
foolishness: Mk 7:22, II Co 11:1, 17, 21.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Mark 7:22
2 Corinthians 11:1 · 11:17 · 11:21

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀφροσύνη, ἡ,

(ἄφρων) folly, thoughtlessness, frequently in plural, παῖδας καταπαυέμεν ἀφροσυνάων[ἀφροσύνης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.110, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 254, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146, 9.82; κοῦφαι ἀ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1230 (Lyric poetry); καταφρόνησιν ἢ.. ἀ. μετωνόμασται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.122">Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to σωφροσύνη and σοφία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]