STRONGS G3474:
μωρός,
μωρά,
μωρόν (on the accent cf.
Winers Grammar, 52 (51);
Chandler §§ 404, 405),
foolish: with
τυφλός,
Matthew 23:17,
19 (here
T Tr WH text omit;
L brackets
μωροί);
τό μωρόν τοῦ Θεοῦ, an act or appointment of God deemed foolish by men,
1 Corinthians 1:25; equivalent to without learning or erudition,
1 Corinthians 1:27;
1 Corinthians 3:18;
1 Corinthians 4:10; imprudent, without forethought or wisdom,
Matthew 7:26;
Matthew 23:17,
19 (see above);
Matthew 25:2f,
8; equivalent to empty, useless,
ζητήσεις,
2 Timothy 2:23;
Titus 3:9; in imitation of the Hebrew
נָבָל (cf.
Psalm 13:1 (
Ps. 14:1);
Job 2:10) equivalent to
impious, godless (because such a man neglects and despises what relates to salvation),
Matthew 5:22; (some take the word here as a Hebrew term (
מורֶה,
rebel) expressive of condemnation; cf.
Numbers 20:10;
Psalm 78:8; but see the Syriac; Field, Otium Norv. pars iii. at the passage; Levy, Neuhebräisch. u. Chald. Wörterbuch under the word
מורום). (the
Sept. for
נָבָל,
Deuteronomy 32:6;
Isaiah 32:5f; for
כְּסִיל, Psalm 93:8 (
Ps. 94:8). (
Aeschylus,
Sophocles, others.))
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