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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #781 - ἄσοφος

Transliteration

ásophos

Phonetics

as'-of-os

Origin

from (G1) (as a negative particle) and (G4680)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

unwise, foolish

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Ephesians 1

BSB (1)

Ephesians 1

CSB (1)

Ephesians 1

ESV (1)

Ephesians 1

KJV (1)

Ephesians 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Ephesians 1

N95 (2)

Ephesians 2

NAS (2)

Ephesians 2

NLT (1)

Ephesians 1

WEB (1)

Ephesians 1

YLT (1)

Ephesians 1

ASV (1)

unwise 1

BSB (1)

unwise 1

CSB (1)

unwise 1

ESV (1)

unwise 1

KJV (1)

fools 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

unwise 1

N95 (2)

men 1

unwise 1

NAS (2)

people 1

unwise 1

NLT (1)

fools 1

WEB (1)

unwise 1

YLT (1)

unwise 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

A-NPM 1

ANT

A-NPM 1

BEZ

A-NPM 1

BGB

A-NPM 1

BMT

A-NPM 1

BYZ

A-NPM 1

ELZ

A-NPM 1

NA26

A-NPM 1

SBL

A-NPM 1

SCV

A-NPM 1

STV

A-NPM 1

TIS

A-NPM 1

TRG

A-NPM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἄσοφος, ον,

unwise, foolish, Thgn. 370, Pi. O. 3.45, Ephesians 5:15, Plu. 2.330a: Comp., Them. Or. 15.185a. Adv. -φως D.S. 2.29, Lib. Decl. 2.27.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἄσοφος, ἀσοφον (σοφός), unwise, foolish: Ephesians 5:15. (From Theognis down.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἄ -σοθος , -ον ,

[in LXX: Proverbs 9:8 א 2 Α *;]

unwise, foolish: Ephesians 5:15.†

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

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄσοφος occurs in P Ryl II. 62.12 (iii/A.D.), a translation of an unknown Latin literary work : δύναμαι χαρίσασθαι καὶ πένητι [πλοῦ ]τ ̣ον καὶ ἄσοφον ἀρετῆς στεφανῶσαι —";unskilled in wisdom,"; unless we should drop one ς and read ἀρετῃ ";crown with virtue.";

List of Word Forms

ασοφοι άσοφοι ἄσοφοι asophoi ásophoi