Lexicon anoia: folly, foolishness Original Word: ἄνοια, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anoia Phonetic Spelling: (an'-oy-ah) Short Definition: folly, madness Definition: folly, madness, foolishness. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 454 ánoia (from 1 /A privative meaning "no" and 3563 /noús,"mind") – properly, "no-mind" referring to irrational behavior (mindless actions); "lack of sense" (WP, 2, 83) which easily degenerates into "a state of extreme anger that suggests an "incapacity to use one's mind – extreme fury, great rage" (L & N, 1, 88.183). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom alpha (as a neg. prefix) and nousDefinitionfolly, foolishness NASB Translationfolly (2), rage (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 454: ἄνοιαἄνοια, ἀνοίας, ἡ ( ἄνους (i. e. Ανως without understanding)), want of understanding, folly: 2 Timothy 3:9. madness expressing itself in rage, Luke 6:11 ( δύο δ' ἀνοίας γένη, τό μέν μανίαν, τό δέ ἀμαθιαν, Plato, Tim., p. 86 b.). (( Theognis, 453); Herodotus 6, 69; Attic writings from Thucydides down.)
Strong's folly, madness. From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and nous; stupidity; by implication, rage -- folly, madness. see GREEK a see GREEK nous |
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