ἀνόητος

anoētos

foolish

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Strong’s G453Adjective6 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

foolish5

to the foolish1

In the text

Luke 24:25ἀνόητοι
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Romans 1:14ἀνοήτοις
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
Galatians 3:1ἀνόητοι
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
1 Timothy 6:9ἀνοήτους
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Titus 3:3ἀνόητοι
For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Abbott-Smith

ἀ-νόητος, -ον
(ἀ- neg., νοητός; νοέω), [in LXX: Pro.17:28 (אֱוִיל), Sir.42:8, al. ;]

1. not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.).

2. not understanding, foolish (Hdt., al., LXX): Luk.24:25, Rom.1:14, Gal.3:1, 3, 1Ti.6:9, Tit.3:3 (Cremer, 438, 790; MM, VGT, see word).†
SYN.: ἀσύνετος (see Tr., Syn., § LXXv)
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.