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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #454 - ἄνοια

Transliteration

ánoia

Phonetics

an'-oy-ah

Origin

from a compound of (G1) (as a negative particle) and (G3563)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

4:962,636

Definition

Thayer's

want of understanding, folly
madness expressing itself in rage

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 200 ‑ אִוֶּלֶת (iv‑veh'‑leth);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (2)

Luke

2 Timothy

NAS (3)

Luke

2 Timothy

HCS (2)

Luke

2 Timothy

BSB (2)

Luke

2 Timothy

ESV (2)

Luke

2 Timothy

WEB (2)

Luke

2 Timothy

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄνοια,

ἀνοίη Thgn. 453, ἡ: — the character of an ἄνοος, want of understanding, folly, ἀνοίη in folly, Hdt. 6.69; ὑπ' ἀνοίας A. Pr. 1079, Philem. 143; νεότητι καὶ ἀνοία Pl. Lg. 716a; ἄ. λόγου S. Ant. 603; τὴν ἄ. εὖ φέρειν E. Hipp. 398; πολλῆ ἀνοια χρῆσθαι to be a great fool, Antipho 3.3.2; πολλὴ ἄ. [ἐστι] πολεμῆσαι Th. 2.61; ἄνοιαν ὀφλισκάνειν to be thought a fool, D. 1.26; δύο ἀνοίας γένη, τὸ μὲν μανίαν, τὸ δ' ἀμαθίαν Pl. Ti. 86b; but opp. μανία, Id. R. 382c, 382e, etc.: pl., follies, Isoc. 8.7. [In Trag. sts. paroxyt. ἀνοίᾱ (cf. ἀγνοίᾱ), cf. A. Th. 402, S. Fr. 583.5, E. Andr. 519.]

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀνοια , -ας , ἡ

(< ἄ -νοος , without understanding),

[in LXX: Pr 14:8, 2215 (H200), Wisdom of Solomon 15:18, al.;]

folly, foolishness: 2 Timothy 3:9; expressed in violent rage (cf. Plat., Tim., 86B): Luke 6:11.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

ανοια άνοια ἄνοια άνοιαν ανοιας ανοίας ἀνοίας ανοίγματι anoia ánoia anoias anoías

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