μωρία mōria · G3472
foolishness
μωρία, -ας, ἡ; (μωρός), [in LXX: Sir.20:31 * ; ] ; foolishness: 1Co.1:18 1:21 1:23 2:14 3:19.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μωρ-ία, ; Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (μῶρος) folly, []; μωρίην ἐπιφέρειν τισί to impute folly to them, []; μωρίαν ὀφλισκάνειν to be charged with it, []; μωρίᾳ φιλονικεῖν foolishly, []; τῆς μ. what folly! []; of illicit love, []
Where it's used 5 times
1 Corinthians 1:18 · 1 Corinthians 1:21 · 1 Corinthians 1:23 · 1 Corinthians 2:14 · 1 Corinthians 3:19
Source: TBESG G3472; TFLSJ G3472
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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