Lexicon anoétos: not understanding Original Word: ἀνόητος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anoétos Phonetic Spelling: (an-o'-ay-tos) Short Definition: foolish, thoughtless Definition: foolish, thoughtless. HELPS word-Studies 453 anóētos (from 1 /A "without" and 3539 /noiéō, "to think") – properly, non-thinking, i.e. not "reasoning through" a matter (with proper logic); unmindful, which describes acting in a "mindless, dense" way ("just plain stupid"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and noétos (mental); from noeóDefinitionnot understanding NASB Translationfoolish (5), foolish men (1).
Strong's foolish, unwise. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of noieo; unintelligent; by implication, sensual -- fool(-ish), unwise. see GREEK a see GREEK noieo |
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