Senseless
ἀσύνετοςStrong’s G0801asunetos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Asunetos is the Greek word usually translated “without understanding” and “foolish”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?”
Meaning
Usually translated “without understanding” and “foolish”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- without understanding 3
- foolish 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 3
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:18And 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;
- Romans 1:21Because 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.
- Romans 1:31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
- Romans 10:19But 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.
Greek dictionary
ἀσύνετος asunetos · senseless
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “senseless” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SENSELESS, adjective
sens'less.
- Wanting the faculty of perception.
- Unfelling; wanting sympathy.
- Unreasonable; foolish; stupid.
- Unreasonable; stupid; acting without sense or judgement.
All definitions
- Contrary to reason or sound judgement; as, to destroy by a senseless fondness the happiness of children.
- Wanting knowledge; unconscious; with of; as libertiness, senseless of any charm in love.
- Wanting sensibility or quick perception.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.