Folly
שִׂכְלוּתStrong’s H5531sikhlut (sikh-lut)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sikhlut is the Hebrew word usually translated “folly” and “on folly”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.”
Meaning
- Folly, foolishness
How it's translated
- folly 3
- and folly 2
- on folly 1
- and the folly 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 7
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ecclesiastes 2:3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
- Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
- Ecclesiastes 10:1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Hebrew dictionary
שִׂכְלוּת sikhlut · folly
folly, foolishness Another spelling of sikh.lut (סִכְלוּת "folly" H5531B)
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.