Lexical Definition

‎ἄφρων‎ áphrōn (af'-rone) foolish G:A
from ‎Α‎ (as a negative particle) and ‎φρήν‎

fool(-ish), unwise.

Usage: 16 forms in 125 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἄφρων Fool Luke.12.20 • 1Cor.15.36
a fool 2Cor.12.6 • 2Cor.12.11
ἄφρονεσ Fools Luke.11.40
foolish Eph.5.17
ἄφρονα a fool 2Cor.11.16 • 2Cor.11.16
ἀφρόνων fools 2Cor.11.19
of foolish Rom.2.20 • 1Pet.2.15
αφρόνων foolish LXX.Job.2.10 • LXX.Prov.7.7 • LXX.Prov.17.2
fools LXX.2Sam.13.13 • LXX.Eccl.5.1 • LXX.Eccl.7.6 • LXX.Eccl.10.15
of fools LXX.Job.30.8 • LXX.Prov.12.15 • LXX.Prov.12.23 • LXX.Prov.14.3 • LXX.Prov.14.8 • LXX.Prov.14.24 • LXX.Prov.14.33 • LXX.Prov.15.2 • LXX.Prov.15.7 • LXX.Prov.16.22 • LXX.Prov.26.7 • LXX.Prov.26.9 • LXX.Prov.26.10 • LXX.Eccl.7.4 • LXX.Eccl.7.5 • LXX.Eccl.7.9
αφρονέστατοσ most foolish LXX.Prov.30.2
most foolish of you LXX.Prov.9.16
αφρονέστατοί are most foolish LXX.Prov.10.18
άφρων a fool LXX.Prov.6.12 • LXX.Prov.9.4 • LXX.Prov.10.23 • LXX.Prov.12.1 • LXX.Prov.12.16 • LXX.Prov.15.5 • LXX.Prov.19.25 • LXX.Prov.26.11 • LXX.Prov.26.12 • LXX.Prov.30.22 • LXX.Eccl.2.19 • LXX.Eccl.10.3 • LXX.Jer.17.11
a foolish LXX.Ps.74.18 • LXX.Ps.92.6 • LXX.Prov.9.13 • LXX.Prov.10.1 • LXX.Prov.15.20 • LXX.Prov.16.27 • LXX.Prov.17.18 • LXX.Prov.17.25 • LXX.Prov.19.13 • LXX.Prov.24.30
but a fool LXX.Prov.17.10
fool LXX.Ps.14.1 • LXX.Ps.49.10 • LXX.Ps.53.1 • LXX.Prov.11.29 • LXX.Prov.13.16 • LXX.Prov.14.16 • LXX.Prov.20.3 • LXX.Prov.24.9 • LXX.Prov.29.11 • LXX.Prov.29.20 • LXX.Eccl.2.14 • LXX.Eccl.2.15 • LXX.Eccl.4.5 • LXX.Eccl.10.6 • LXX.Eccl.10.14
foolish LXX.Prov.14.1 • LXX.Prov.14.29 • LXX.Prov.18.22
is a fool LXX.Prov.28.26
άφροσιν for fools LXX.Prov.19.29
άφροσι foolish LXX.Eccl.5.4
fools LXX.Prov.13.20
άφρονοσ a foolish LXX.Prov.26.6
fool LXX.Ps.74.22 • LXX.Prov.17.24 • LXX.Eccl.2.15 • LXX.Eccl.2.16 • LXX.Eccl.2.16
of a fool LXX.Prov.17.21 • LXX.Prov.18.6 • LXX.Prov.18.7 • LXX.Prov.23.9 • LXX.Prov.27.3 • LXX.Eccl.5.3 • LXX.Eccl.10.2 • LXX.Eccl.10.12
άφρονι a fool LXX.Prov.17.7 • LXX.Prov.26.5 • LXX.Prov.26.8
foolish LXX.Prov.10.4
for a fool LXX.Prov.26.1
to a fool LXX.Prov.19.10 • LXX.Prov.26.4
to a foolish LXX.Prov.14.7
to fool LXX.Ps.39.8 • LXX.Prov.17.16
άφρονεσ but foolish LXX.Prov.21.20
but fools LXX.Prov.27.12
foolish LXX.Ps.94.8 • LXX.Jer.10.8
fools LXX.Job.34.36 • LXX.Prov.1.22 • LXX.Prov.10.21 • LXX.Prov.14.18 • LXX.Prov.17.12 • LXX.Prov.22.3
they shall be fools LXX.Jer.50.36
άφρονασ fools LXX.Job.5.3
άφρονα a fool LXX.Job.5.2 • LXX.Prov.27.22
fool LXX.Eccl.6.8
foolish LXX.Eccl.4.13
of a foolish LXX.Prov.19.28
άφρονέσ foolish LXX.Jer.4.22

Abbott-Smith

ἄφρων, -ον gen. -ονος (< φρήν), [in LXX for כְּסִיל, נָבָל, etc.;]
without reason, senseless, foolish, expressing "want of mental sanity and sobriety, a reckless and inconsiderate habit of mind" (Hort; cf. MM, s.v.): Lk 11:40 12:20, Ro 2:20, I Co 15:36, II Co 11:16 12:6, 11, I Pe 2:15; opp. to φρόνιμος, II Co 11:19; to συνιέντες, Eph 2:17.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Luke 11:40 · 12:20
Romans 2:20
1 Corinthians 15:36
2 Corinthians 11:16 · 11:19 · 12:6 · 12:11
Ephesians 2:17
1 Peter 2:15

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄφρων, ον,

genitive ονος, (φρήν) senseless, of statues, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— and so, crazed, frantic, ἄφρονα κούρην[Refs 8th c.BC+]; silly, foolish, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ ἄ., ={ἀφροσύνη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶ φρονίμῳ τῆς γνώμης παύοντες τὸ ἄ. [τῆς ῥώμης] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -έστερος[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατος[Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -νως senselessly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to νοῦν ἐχόντως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -εστέρως[Refs 5th c.BC+] -έστερον [Refs 4th c.AD+]

__2 ἄφρων, ={κώνειον}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]