Folly
אִוֶּ֫לֶתStrong’s H0200ivvelet (iv-ve-let)
Appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ivvelet is the Hebrew word usually translated “foolishness”, “foolishness his” and “folly my”. It appears in 24 verses of the Old Testament.
“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.”
Meaning
- Foolishness, folly
How it's translated
- foolishness 11
- foolishness his 3
- folly my 2
- folly of 2
- folly 2
- according to foolishness his 2
- and a foolish woman 1
- and foolishness of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 22
- Psalms 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
- Proverbs 5:23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
- Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
- Proverbs 13:16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
- Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
- Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Hebrew dictionary
אִוֶּ֫לֶת ivvelet · folly
foolishness, folly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “folly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOL'LY, noun
[See Fool.]
- Weakness of intellect; imbecility of mind. want of understanding.“A fool layeth open his folly” Proverbs 13:16
- A weak or absurd act not highly criminal; an act which is inconsistent with the dictates of reason, or with the ordinary rules of prudence.
- An absurd act which is highly sinful; any conduct contrary to the laws of God or man; sin; scandalous crimes; that which violates moral precepts and dishonors the offender. Genesis 34:7Joshua 7:15“Shechem wrought folly in Israel. Achan wrought folly in Israel” Genesis 34:7
- Criminal weakness; depravity of mind.
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.