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G781 ἄσοφος (ásophos)
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Quick Definition

ἄσοφος, ον Adj unskilled, unwise, foolish

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and 4680; unwise

KJV Usage: fool

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + σοφός

32.54 · Understand · Lack of Capacity for Understanding

foolish, unwise pertaining to not being wise

EPH 5:15

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄσοφος asophos 1x

unwise; destitute of Christian wisdom, Eph. 5:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄ-σοφος, -ον,

[in LXX: Pr 9:8 א2 A*;]

unwise, foolish: Eph 5:15.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄσοφος occurs in P Ryl II. 6213 (iii/a.p.), a translation of an unknown Latin literary work; δύναμαι χαρίσασθαι kal πένητι [πλοῦτον Kal ἄσοφον ἀρετῆς στεφανῶσαι -- ‘unskilled in wisdom,” unless we should drop one ς and read ἀρετῃ “crown with virtue.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄσοφος (asophos) — unwise. ἄσοφος, ον, unwise, foolish, [NT+6th c.BC+]: comparative, [Refs 4th c.AD+]. adverb -φως[Refs 1st c.BC+]

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