ἄσοφος
ásophos · G781 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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foolish, unwise
Pertaining to not being wise
ExamplesEphesians 5:15 So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise,
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- ἄφρων áphrōn · G878 · foolish, senseless, unwise
- Greek term for foolish/senseless, sharing the semantic field of lacking wisdom or good judgment; distinguishable as ἄφρων emphasizes lack of mental faculty (φρήν) while ἄσοφος emphasizes lack of wisdom (σοφία)
- μωρός mōrós · G3474 · unwise, foolish, fool
- Greek term for foolish or morally deficient in judgment; overlaps semantically with ἄσοφος but μωρός often carries stronger connotation of moral folly or dullness rather than simple lack of wisdom
- ἀνόητος anóētos · G453 · foolish, stupid, without understanding
- Greek term meaning without understanding or senseless; semantically overlaps as describing one who lacks wisdom or sense, though ἀνόητος emphasizes lack of comprehension (νοῦς) rather than lack of σοφία
In the other Testament 3 words
- אֱוִיל ʼĕvîyl · H191 · foolish
- Standard Hebrew term for foolish/unwise, particularly in wisdom literature; direct semantic equivalent used to translate concepts of folly and lack of wisdom
- כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl · H3684 · foolish, dull, constellation
- Common Hebrew term for fool/foolish person in wisdom literature, denoting one lacking wisdom or sense; natural translation equivalent for Greek ἄσοφος
- נָבָל nâbâl · H5036 · fool, impious person, wanton fool
- Hebrew term for senseless or foolish person, used in wisdom contexts to describe those without understanding; semantic equivalent for unwise/foolish
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Foolish, unwise32.54
- Used of a lack of practical wisdom, as Paul urges believers to walk not as unwise people but as wise in Ephesians 5:15.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσοφον (σοφός), unwise, foolish: Eph 5:15. (From Theognis down.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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