Gloss
foolish
Forms of the word
Dictionary
μωρός, -ά, -όν
Greek transliteration
mōros
Simplified transliteration
moros
Numbers
Strong's number
3474
GK Number
3704
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
12
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Definition
pr. dull; foolish, Mt. 7:26; 23:17; 25:2f., 8; 1 Cor. 1:25, 27; 3:18; 4:10; 2 Tim. 2:23; Tit. 3:9; from the Hebrew, a fool in senseless wickedness, Mt. 5:22*
Greek-English Concordance for μωρός
| Matthew 5:22 | But I say to you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raka,’ will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ (mōre | μωρέ | voc sg masc) will be liable to the hell of fire. |
| Matthew 7:26 | But everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, will be like the foolish (mōrō | μωρῷ | dat sg masc) man who built his house on sand. |
| Matthew 23:17 | You fools (mōroi | μωροί | voc pl masc) and blind men! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? |
| Matthew 25:2 | Now five of them were foolish (mōrai | μωραί | nom pl fem) and five were wise. |
| Matthew 25:3 | For when the foolish (mōrai | μωραί | nom pl fem) took their torches, they did not take oil with them. |
| Matthew 25:8 | The foolish (mōrai | μωραί | nom pl fem) said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our torches are going out.’ |
| 1 Corinthians 1:25 | For the foolishness (mōron | μωρόν | nom sg neut) of God is wiser than the wisdom of men, and the weakness of God is stronger than the strength of men. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:27 | But God chose the foolish (mōra | μωρά | acc pl neut) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong; |
| 1 Corinthians 3:18 | Let no one deceive himself. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish (mōros | μωρός | nom sg masc) so that he may become wise. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:10 | We are fools (mōroi | μωροί | nom pl masc) for Christ, but you are men of wisdom in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! |
| 2 Timothy 2:23 | But avoid the foolish (mōras | μωράς | acc pl fem) and uneducated speculations, knowing that they breed quarrels. |
| Titus 3:9 | But shun foolish (mōras | μωράς | acc pl fem) speculations and genealogies and strife and quarrels about the law, for they are harmful and useless. |
