Anoetos means “unwise” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H453 — elihu in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G453 ἀνόητος (anoetos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. anoetos (an-o'-ay-tos) adj. 1. unintelligent 2. (by implication) sensual It has 16 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include fools and unwise. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
anoetos (an-o'-ay-tos) adj. 1. unintelligent 2. (by implication) sensual [from G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3539] KJV: fool(-ish), unwise Root(s): G1, G3539
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G453. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
foolish
Usage: ἀ-νόητος, -ον (ἀ- neg., νοητός; νοέω), [in LXX: Pro.17:28 (אֱוִיל), Sir.42:8, al. ;] __1. not thought on, not understood (Hom., Plat.). __2. not understanding, foolish (Hdt., al., LXX): Luk.24:25, Rom.1:14, Gal.3:1, 3, 1Ti.6:9, Tit.3:3 (Cremer, 438, 790; MM, VGT, see word).† SYN.: ἀσύνετος (see Tr., Syn., § LXXv) (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render anoetos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G453 (ἀνόητος) appears 10 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
For their gods are not as our God, But our enemies are void of understanding.
And man being in honor, understands not: He is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.
Man that is in honor, understands not: He is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And you will be acting, I think, still more senselessly, if you follow vain conceits about the truth.
And you will, moreover, be despising me to your own punishment.
Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G453.
For their gods are not as our God, But our enemies are void of understanding.
And man being in honor, understands not: He is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them.
Man that is in honor, understands not: He is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them.
But a wise man proceeds on his way aright.
And he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
And you will be acting, I think, still more senselessly, if you follow vain conceits about the truth.
And you will, moreover, be despising me to your own punishment.
Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?
Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, And like manacles on the right hand.
Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, And the extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young: Thus shalt thou be truly learned, And approved of all men living.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G453, grouped by book.
Anoetos (Strong's G453) is a Greek word most simply glossed "unwise". anoetos (an-o'-ay-tos) adj. 1. unintelligent 2. (by implication) sensual
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G453 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G453 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fools and unwise. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G453, with linked reader references where each row is available.