μωραίνω
mōraínō
“to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to be foolish, to play the fool; in NT trans. to make foolish, convict of folly, 1 Cor. 1:20; pass. to be convicted of folly, to incur the character of folly, Rom. 1:22; to be rendered insipid, Mt. 5:13; Lk. 14:34*
Translated in KJV as
become foolmake foolishlose savour
Etymology
from G3474 (μωρός);
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