ἀνόητος anóētos
Meaning
unintelligent; by implication, sensual
In the King James Version: fool(-ish), unwise
Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3539 (νοιέω);
Where it is used
- Luke 24:25 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Romans 1:14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
- Galatians 3:3 Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
- 1 Timothy 6:9 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.