Lexical Summary anoia: folly, foolishness Original Word: ἄνοιαTransliteration: anoia Phonetic Spelling: (an'-oy-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: folly, foolishness Meaning: folly, foolishness Strong's Concordance 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 Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
    |