Fool(ish)
אֱוִילStrong’s H0191evil (e-vil)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Evil is the Hebrew word usually translated “fool”, “fools” and “fool of”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.”
Meaning
- Be foolish, foolish(subst)
How it's translated
- a fool 14
- fools 5
- and a fool of 2
- and fools 2
- fool 1
- for a fool 1
- the fool 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 19
- Job 2
- Isaiah 2
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Hosea 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אֱוִיל evil · fool(ish)
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “foolish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOOL'ISH, adjective
- Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character.
- Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.
- Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.“But foolish questions avoid” 2 Timothy 2:23
- Ridiculous; despicable.
All definitions
- In scripture, wicked; sinful; acting without regard to the divine law and glory, or to one's own eternal happiness.“O foolish Galatians -” Galatians 3:1
- Proceeding from depravity; sinful; as foolish lusts. 1 Timothy 6:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.