"inconsiderate, unintelligent, unwise; Lk. 24:25; Rom. 1:14; Gal. 3:1, 3; Tit. 3:3; brutish, 1 Tim. 6:9"
Definition and meaning
inconsiderate, unintelligent, unwise; Lk. 24:25; Rom. 1:14; Gal. 3:1, 3; Tit. 3:3; brutish, 1 Tim. 6:9
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀνόητος
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of anoetos (G453) across the King James Bible.
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
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Common questions
Strong's G453 (anoetos) is a Greek word that means: inconsiderate, unintelligent, unwise; Lk. 24:25; Rom. 1:14; Gal. 3:1, 3; Tit. 3:3; brutish, 1 Tim. 6:9 It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word anoetos (G453) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G453 is anoetos, a Greek word defined as: inconsiderate, unintelligent, unwise; Lk. 24:25; Rom. 1:14; Gal. 3:1, 3; Tit. 3:3; brutish, 1 Tim. 6:9. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
anoetos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.