Dictionary entry

μωραίνω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μωραίνω

(< μωρός), [in LXX: Is 19:11, Je 10:1428 (51):17 (בּער ni.), II Ki 24:10, Is 44:25 R (סכל ni., pi.)*;]

1. cl., to be foolish, play the fool.

2. LXX and NT, causal, to make foolish: I Co 1:20; pass., to become foolish: Ro 1:22; of salt that has lost its flavour, become tasteless: Mt 5:13, Lk 14:34.†