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It often conveys a sense of spiritual or moral foolishness, rather than mere intellectual deficiency. The word suggests a willful ignorance or a failure to apply wisdom and insight, particularly in spiritual matters.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, wisdom and understanding were highly valued, both in philosophical circles and in everyday life. The term "anoétos" would have been a strong rebuke, indicating not just a lack of knowledge, but a failure to live according to the wisdom that was available. In the Jewish context, wisdom was closely associated with living in accordance with God's law, so being "foolish" implied a deviation from God's ways.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>453</b> <i>anóētos</i> (from <a href="/greek/1.htm">1</a> <i>/A</i> "without" and <a href="/greek/3539.htm">3539</a> <i>/noiéō</i>, "to think") – properly, non-thinking, i.e. not "reasoning through" a matter (with proper logic); unmindful, which describes acting in a "mindless, dense" way ("just plain stupid").</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1.htm">alpha</a> (as a neg. prefix) and noétos (mental); from <a href="/greek/3539.htm">noeó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>not understanding<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>foolish (5), foolish men (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 453: ἀνόητος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἀνόητος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἀνόητον</span> (<span class="greek2">νοητός</span> from <span class="greek2">νοέω</span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">not understood, unintelligible</span>; <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> generally active, <span class="accented">not understanding, unwise, foolish</span>: <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-14.htm">Romans 1:14</a> (opposed to <span class="greek2">σοφοί</span>); <a href="/interlinear/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-1.htm">Galatians 3:1, 3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/titus/3-3.htm">Titus 3:3</a>. <span class="greek2">ἐπιθυμίαι</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνόητοι</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9</a>. (<a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-28.htm">Proverbs 17:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/48-13.htm">Psalm 48:13</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 49:13>); and often in Attic writings; (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § lxxv.; Ellicott on <a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-1.htm">Galatians 3:1</a>; <span class="abbreviation">Schmidt</span>, chapter 147 § 20).)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>foolish, unwise. <p>From <a href="/greek/1.htm">a</a> (as a negative particle) and a derivative of <a href="/greek/3539.htm">noieo</a>; unintelligent; by implication, sensual -- fool(-ish), unwise. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1.htm">a</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3539.htm">noieo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ανοητοι ανόητοι ανόητοί ἀνόητοι ἀνόητοί ανοητοις ανοήτοις ἀνοήτοις ανόητος ανοήτου ανοητους ανοήτους ἀνοήτους ανοήτω anoetoi anoētoi anóetoi anóetoí anóētoi anóētoí anoetois anoētois anoḗtois anoetous anoētous anoḗtous<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/24-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 24:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural">Adj-VMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτούς Ὦ <b>ἀνόητοι</b> καὶ βραδεῖς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to them, O <span class="itali">foolish men</span> and slow<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them, O <span class="itali">fools,</span> and slow<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/24-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> them O <span class="itali">foolish</span> and slow<p><b><a href="/text/romans/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural">Adj-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τε καὶ <b>ἀνοήτοις</b> ὀφειλέτης εἰμί</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> both to the wise <span class="itali">and to the foolish.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the wise, and <span class="itali">to the unwise.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> both and <span class="itali">foolish</span> a debtor I am<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 3:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural">Adj-VMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ὦ <b>ἀνόητοι</b> Γαλάται τίς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">You foolish</span> Galatians, who<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> O <span class="itali">foolish</span> Galatians, who<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> O <span class="itali">foolish</span> Galatians who<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 3:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὕτως <b>ἀνόητοί</b> ἐστε ἐναρξάμενοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Are you so <span class="itali">foolish?</span> Having begun<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> so <span class="itali">foolish?</span> having begun<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> So <span class="itali">foolish</span> are you Having begun<p><b><a href="/text/1_timothy/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Timothy 6:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural">Adj-AFP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπιθυμίας πολλὰς <b>ἀνοήτους</b> καὶ βλαβεράς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_timothy/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and many <span class="itali">foolish</span> and harmful<br><a href="/kjvs/1_timothy/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and [into] many <span class="itali">foolish</span> and hurtful<br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> desires many <span class="itali">unwise</span> and hurtful<p><b><a href="/text/titus/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Titus 3:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural">Adj-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/titus/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἡμεῖς <b>ἀνόητοι</b> ἀπειθεῖς πλανώμενοι</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/titus/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> once <span class="itali">were foolish</span> ourselves,<br><a href="/kjvs/titus/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> sometimes <span class="itali">foolish,</span> disobedient,<br><a href="/interlinear/titus/3-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also we <span class="itali">foolish</span> disobedient led astray<p><b><a href="/greek/453.htm">Strong's Greek 453</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_453.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/anoe_toi_453.htm">ἀνόητοι — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/anoe_tois_453.htm">ἀνοήτοις — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/anoe_tous_453.htm">ἀνοήτους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/452.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="452"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="452" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/454.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="454"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="454" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>