🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G3471
G3471
μωραίνω
mōraínō
[mo-rah'-ee-no]
Verb
Core meaningto make insipid
Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G3471
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton
KJV usage: :--become fool, make foolish, lose savour.
Etymology: from ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
to be foolish, to play the fool; in NT trans. to make foolish, convict of folly, 1 Cor. 1:20; pass. to be convicted of folly, to incur the character of folly, Rom. 1:22; to be rendered insipid, Mt. 5:13; Lk. 14:34*
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