Asynetos means “foolish” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H801 — ishshah in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G801 ἀσύνετος (asunetos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. asunetos (as-oon'-eh-tos) adj. 1. unintelligent 2. (by implication) wicked It has 17 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include without and foolish. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
asunetos (as-oon'-eh-tos) adj. 1. unintelligent 2. (by implication) wicked [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G4908] KJV: foolish, without understanding Root(s): G1, G4908
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G801. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
senseless
Usage: ἀ-σύνετος, -ον [in LXX: Deu.32:21 (נָבָל). Job.13:2 (נָפַל), Psa.92:6 (כְּסִיל), Psa.76:5, Wis.2:1-24, Sir.6:1-37 * ;] without understanding or discernment: Mat.15:16, Mrk.7:18 (Swete, in l), Rom.1:21, 31 10:19 (for an ex. of its use in the moral sense, see MM, see word).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render asunetos, 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 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. 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 G801 (ἀσύνετος) appears 12 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, They have exasperated me with their idols; And I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, I will anger them with a nation void of understanding.
And I know all that ye too know; And I have not less understanding than you.
All the simple ones in heart were troubled; All the men of wealth have slept their sleep, And have found nothing in their hands.
8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, And remove from thoughts that are without understanding, And will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, Wherewith being deceived they worshiped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, Thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance:
But foolish men shall not attain unto her, And sinners shall not see her.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G801.
They have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God, They have exasperated me with their idols; And I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, I will anger them with a nation void of understanding.
And I know all that ye too know; And I have not less understanding than you.
All the simple ones in heart were troubled; All the men of wealth have slept their sleep, And have found nothing in their hands.
A foolish man will not know, And a senseless man will not understand this.
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, And remove from thoughts that are without understanding, And will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, Wherewith being deceived they worshiped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, Thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance:
But foolish men shall not attain unto her, And sinners shall not see her.
As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: And the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.
Talk not much with a fool, And go not to him that hath no understanding: Beware of him, lest thou have trouble, And thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: Depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, And never be disquieted with madness.
Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, are easier to bear, Than a man without understanding.
If thou be among the indiscreet, observe the time; But be continually among men of understanding.
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, And the care thereof driveth away sleep.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G801, grouped by book.
Asynetos (Strong's G801) is a Greek word most simply glossed "foolish". asunetos (as-oon'-eh-tos) adj. 1. unintelligent 2. (by implication) wicked
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's G801 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G801 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 without and foolish. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G801, with linked reader references where each row is available.