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μωρός

Foolish

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μωρός G3474
Pronunciation mōrós

What does μωρός (mōrós) mean in the Bible?

μωρός (mōrós) is a Greek word meaning "foolish". μωρός, -ά, -όν [in LXX for נָבָל, etc.

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Meaning

foolish
Extended definition
1prop., of the nerves, dull, sluggish (Hipp., Arist.).
2Of the mind, dull, stupid, foolish: Mat.5:22 (see Field, Notes, 3 ff.) Mat.7:26 23:17, 19 (T, WH, txt., R, om.) Mat.25:2-3, 8, 1Co.3:18 4:10; of things, παράδοσις, Mrk.7:13 (T, WH, txt., R, om.) : ζητήσεις, 2Ti.2:23, Tit.3:9; τὸ μ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.1:25; τὰ μ. τ. κόσμου, 1Co.1:27.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:2 · Matt 25:3 · Matt 25:8 3×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 1:25 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 3:18 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 4:10 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:26 1×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine 2 Tim 2:23 · Titus 3:9 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 1 Cor 1:27 1×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:22 1×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:17 1×
12 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ζήτησις · μωρός G2214, G3474
a searching (properly, the act), i.e. a dispute or its theme
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 3 — God’s Field, God’s Building, God’s Temple 1 Corinthians 4 — Stewards of Christ, Fools for Christ, and a Father’s Admonition Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 25 — Readiness, Stewardship, and the Final Judgment of the Son of Man Matthew 7 — Kingdom Discernment, the Narrow Way, and the Wise Builder

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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