Strong's Greek · G3472
μωρία
mōría
foolishness
Definition
silliness, i.e. absurdity
Derivation
from G3474 (μωρός);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.””
“but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,”
“The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
“For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).