be foolish
Definition:
μωραίνω (< μωρός), [in LXX: Isa.19:11, Jer.10:14 51:17 (בָּעַר ni.), 2Ki.24:10, Isa.44:25 R (שָׂכַל ni, pi.)*;] 1) cl, to be foolish, play the fool. 2) LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish: 1Co.1:20; pass, to become foolish: Rom.1:22; of salt that has lost its flavour, become tasteless: Mat.5:13, Luk.14:34. (AS)
Definition:
μωρ-αίνω,
future - ᾰνῶ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ἐμώρᾱνα [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, see below [
Refs]: (μῶρος):—
to be silly, foolish, drivel, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
play the fool, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
make a mad attempt, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδεὶς. ταῦτα μωραίνει
indulges in these
follies, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: euphemistic of illicit love, γυναῖκα μωραίνουσαν [
Refs]
II) causal,
make foolish, convict of folly, ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῶν μωρανθήσεται [
LXX]; ἐμωράνθην σφόδρα[
LXX+NT]:—
passive,
to become foolish, be stupefied, [αἶγες] ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ μεμωραμμέναι [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
to become insipid, ἐὰν τὸ ἅλας μωρανθῇ [
NT]
Pronounciation:
mo-rah'-ee-no
Definition:
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton; become fool, make foolish, lose savour; from
g3474 (μωρός);