Folly
סֶ֫כֶלStrong’s H5529sekhel (se-khel)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sekhel is the Hebrew word usually translated “folly”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.”
Meaning
- Folly
How it's translated
- folly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
סֶ֫כֶל sekhel · folly
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.