1. foolish, stupid — Lacking sense, judgment, or wisdom; intellectually or morally dull. Used both attributively and substantively across the NT with no cross-linguistic evidence of distinct senses. In the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5:22) calling someone 'More!' (Fool!) brings liability to Gehenna fire, with kor 'babo' (idiot) highlighting the insult force. In the parable of the ten virgins (Matt 25:2-8) the five foolish maidens (morai) fail to prepare oil, rendered heb 'k'silot' (fools), spa 'necias', arb 'jahilat'. Jesus addresses Pharisees as 'moroi' (Matt 23:17), rendered heb 'shotim' (fools), arb 'hamqa' (stupid ones). Paul ironically calls the Corinthians 'moroi dia Christon' (fools for Christ, 1 Cor 4:10), and describes God's choosing 'the foolish things of the world' (ta mora tou kosmou, 1 Cor 1:27). The pastoral epistles warn against 'moras zeteseis' (foolish controversies, 2 Tim 2:23; Titus 3:9), rendered heb 'eviliyot/tipshiyot'. The consistent rendering across deu 'toericht', fra 'fou/insense', kor 'eoriseokeun', spa 'necio/necia' confirms a single semantic core of foolishness without genuine polysemy. 12×
AR["الحَمقاءَ","الغَبِيَّةَ","الْجَاهِلَاتُ","الْجَاهِلَاتِ","جاهِلاً","جاهِلٍ","جَاهِلَاتٍ","جَهالَةَ","جُهَلاءَ","جُهَلاءُ","حَمقى","يَا-أَحْمَقُ"]·ben["বেওকুফ,","মূর্খ","মূর্খরা","মূর্খেরা"]·DE["toericht","töricht"]·EN["Fool","foolish","fools"]·FR["fou","insensé"]·heb["אֱוִלִיּוֹת","טִפְּשִׁיּוֹת","טִפֵּשׁ","כְּסִילוֹת","שְׁטוּיוֹת","שְׁטוּת","שׁוֹטִים","שׁוֹטֶה"]·HI["मूर्ख","मूर्खता","मूर्खो","मूर्खों","मोओरख"]·ID["Bodoh","bodoh","yang-bodoh"]·IT["stolto"]·jav["Bodho","Tiyang-bodho","bodho","hé-wong-bodho","kabodhowan"]·KO["바보","어리석고","어리석었고","어리석은","어리석은-것들-을","어리석은-자가","어리석은-자들","어리석은-자들-이","어리석은-자들아","어리석은-자들은","어리석음-이"]·PT["Louco","Mas-tolas","insensato","loucas","louco","loucos","tolas"]·RU["Безумный","безумное","безумные","безумным","глупому","глупцы","глупых","неразумны","неразумные"]·ES["Necio","necias","necio","necios"]·SW["Mpumbavu","mpumbavu,","na","na-awe-mpumbavu","upumbavu","vya-upumbavu","wapumbavu","ya-upumbavu","za-upumbavu"]·TR["Aptal","akılsız","akılsızlar","aptal","aptalca","aptallar","budallalar","o-"]·urd["بیوقوف","بیوقوفو","بیوقوفوں-نے","بے-وقوف","بے-وقوفی"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μωρός, ά, όν, Attic dialect μῶρος Hdn.Gr. 1.192: μῶρος as feminine, Refs 5th c.BC+, but accusative μῶραν Refs 3rd c.BC+:—dull, sluggish, of the nerves, Refs 5th c.BC+; χειμῶνος ἀρχομένου μ. γίνονται οἱ ἐργάται [τῶν σφηκῶν] Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 of persons, dull, stupid, μωροῦ φωτὸς ἅδε βουλά NT+5th c.BC+: comparative in proverbial, μωρότερος Μορύχου Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2.b…