Word study · Greek

mōrós

foolish

Say it: mo-ROS (approximate)

μωρός

What it means

Foolish, dull (the root of "moron"). In 2:23, "foolish and ignorant questionings." In Matthew 7:26, "a foolish man who built his house on the sand," and in 1 Corinthians 1:25, "the foolishness of God."

Range of meaning

  • FoolishDull.
  • SenselessLacking sense.

In 2 Timothy

  • Chapter 2

    "Foolish and ignorant questionings" (2:23).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3474 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources