Definition:
μωρός, -ά, -όν [in LXX for נָבָל, etc; frequently in Sir;] 1) prop, of the nerves, dull, sluggish (Hipp, Arist.). 2) Of the mind, dull, stupid, foolish: Mat.5:22 (see Field, Notes, 3 ff.) Mat.7:26 23:17, 19 (T, WH, txt, R, om.) Mat.25:2-3, 8, 1Co.3:18 4:10; of things, παράδοσις, Mrk.7:13 (T, WH, txt, R, om.): ζητήσεις, 2Ti.2:23, Tit.3:9; τὸ μ. τ. θεοῦ, 1Co.1:25; τὰ μ. τ. κόσμου, 1Co.1:27. (AS)
Definition:
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) in a religious sense, λαὸς μ. καὶ ἀκάρδιος [
LXX]
3) of things, δέδοικα μῶρον πυραύστου μόρον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μ.
folly, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; μῶρα φρονεῖν, φωνεῖν, δρᾶν, [
LXX+5th c.BC+]
3.b) μ. ἀνάγκη
blind necessity, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4) of taste,
insipid, flat, Comedy texts Adesp.[
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II)
adverb -ρως [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit
mūrás 'idiot'.)