Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3684
כְּסִיל
ke.sil · “fool”
Used 70 times across 3 books
Definition
fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one
Where it appears
Psalms3
Proverbs49
Ecclesiastes18
In the text
Psalms 49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?Proverbs 1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.Proverbs 3:35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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