ἄφρων áphrōn

Meaning

properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving

In the King James Version: fool(-ish), unwise

Derivation: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G5424 (φρήν);

Where it is used

• Luke 11:40 You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
• Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Romans 2:20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
• 1 Corinthians 15:36 You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
• 2 Corinthians 11:16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
• 2 Corinthians 11:19 For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise.
• 2 Corinthians 12:6 Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
• 2 Corinthians 12:11 I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
• Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
• 1 Peter 2:15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.