# G3472 μωρία

μωρία (mōría), Strong’s G3472: silliness, i.e. absurdity KJV: foolishness. Occurs 7 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G3472 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*mōría* — silliness, i.e. absurdity

KJV: foolishness

Derived from [μωρός mōrós](https://besorah.bible/word/G3474) (dull or stupid)

Occurs 7 times.

## Where it occurs
- [1 Corinthians 1:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/1?v=18) — For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- [1 Corinthians 1:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/1?v=21) — For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through…
- [1 Corinthians 1:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/1?v=23) — but we proclaim Messiah crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Greeks,
- [1 Corinthians 2:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/2?v=14) — Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him; and he can’t know…
- [1 Corinthians 3:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/3?v=19) — For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”
- [Sirach 20:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/20?v=31) — 
- [Sirach 41:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/41?v=15) — Better is a man who hides his foolishness than a man who hides his wisdom.