- ἀνόητος
- ἀνόητος, ον (s. νόημα; predom., and in our lit., always in active sense, as in Pre-Socr., Soph.; Pla., Gorg. 464d et al.; LXX; EpArist 136; Philo; Jos., Ant. 9, 225, C. Ap. 2, 255; Just., D. 64, 5; Tat. 16:1; Ath.) unintelligent, foolish, dull-witted.ⓐ of pers., opp. σοφός (cp. Pr 17:28) Ro 1:14; w. ἄφρων (Plut., Mor. 22c τοῖς ἄφροσι καὶ ἀνοήτοις; Epict. 2, 21, 1) 1 Cl 21:5; w. βραδὺς τ. καρδίᾳ Lk 24:25. In address (Diog. L. 2, 117 ἀνόητε=you fool! 4 Macc 8:17) 1 Cl 23:4; 2 Cl 11:3; Hm 10, 2, 1.—Gal 3:1 (Chariton 6, 7, 9; Alciphron 4, 7, 4; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 8, 7 p. 307, 13 ὦ ἀνόητοι; Philo, Somn. 2, 181 ὦ ἀνόητε); vs. 3 (Chariton 5, 7, 3 οὕτως ἀ.; Maximus Tyr. 36, 4 τίς οὕτως ἀ.; Jos., Ant. 9, 255). Of the intellectual and spiritual condition of people before becoming Christians ἦμεν γάρ ποτε καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀ. Tit 3:3 (cp. Herm. Wr. 1, 23 τοῖς ἀνοήτοις πόρρωθέν εἰμι).ⓑ w. a noun denoting a thing (Soph., Ajax 162 γνῶμαι; Just., D. 68, 8 γνώμην; Pla., Phileb. 12d δόξαι; Herm. Wr. 6, 3b; γελοῖα καὶ ἀ. Just., D. 23, 1 and 68, 9; ἄθεα καὶ ἀ. 80, 3) ἐπιθυμίας ἀ. foolish desires 1 Ti 6:9 (v.l. ἀνονήτους).—B. 1215. DELG s.v. νόος. M-M. TW.
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