Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H191
אֱוִיל
e.vil · “fool(ish)”
Used 26 times across 6 books
Definition
1) be foolish, foolish
1a) (subst)
1a1) of one who despises wisdom
1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
1a4) of one who is licentious
1a) (subst)
1a1) of one who despises wisdom
1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
1a4) of one who is licentious
Where it appears
Job2
Psalms1
Proverbs19
Isaiah2
Jeremiah1
Hosea1
In the text
Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.Psalms 107:17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.Proverbs 10:14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.Proverbs 11:29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
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