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Hebrew

Foolish

אֱוִלִיStrong’s H0196

evili (e-vi-li)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Evili is the Hebrew word usually translated “foolish”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.”
Zechariah 11:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. Foolish
How it's translated
  • foolish 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Zechariah 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    אֱוִלִי evili · foolish

    foolish

    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

    1. Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character.
    2. Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.
    3. Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.“But foolish questions avoid” 2 Timothy 2:23
    4. Ridiculous; despicable.
    All definitions
    1. 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
    2. 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.