G3474: μωρός
mōrós · “foolish”
Definition
dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd
KJV translates it as: fool(-ish, X -ishness)
Word origin: probably from the base of G3466 (μυστήριον);
Extended definition
[in LXX for נָבָל, etc.; frequently in Sir. ;]
1. prop., of the nerves, dull, sluggish (Hipp., Arist.).
2. Of 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.†
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3474 is translated
- foolish ×8
- fool, ×1
- the foolish ×1
- foolishness ×1
- foolish things ×1
- are fools ×1
Bible verses with G3474 (mōrós)
Mōrós appears in 13 verses.
- Matthew 5:22
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
- Matthew 7:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
- Matthew 23:17
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- Matthew 23:19
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
- Matthew 25:2
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
- Matthew 25:3
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
- Matthew 25:8
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
- 1 Corinthians 1:25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
- 1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
- 1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
- 2 Timothy 2:23
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
- Titus 3:9
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.