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ἀσύνετος

asunetossenselessHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdjective5 occurrences3 books5 verses

Definition

ἀ-σύνετος, -ον

[in LXX: Deuteronomy 32:21 (נָבָל). Job 13:2 (נָפַל), Psalm 92:6 (כְּסִיל), Psalm 76:5, Wis.2.1-24, Sir.6.1-37 * ;]

without understanding or discernment: Matthew 15:16, Mark 7:18 (Swete, in l), Romans 1:21, 31; 10:19 (for an ex. of its use in the moral sense, see MM, see word).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀσύνετος:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

5 total
  1. Matthew 15:16ἀσύνετοί · not understand
    “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
  2. Mark 7:18ἀσύνετοί · dull
    “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  3. Romans 1:21ἀσύνετος · foolish
    For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
  4. Romans 1:31ἀσυνέτους · [They are] senseless
    They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
  5. Romans 10:19ἀσυνέτῳ · without understanding
    I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”