Folly
תִּפְלָהStrong’s H8604tiphlah (tiph-lah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tiphlah is the Hebrew word usually translated “offensiveness” and “unseemliness”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.”
Meaning
- That which is empty, folly, silly, foolish
- (BDB) unsavouriness, unseemliness (moral)
How it's translated
- offensiveness 2
- unseemliness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
תִּפְלָה tiphlah · folly
1) that which is empty, folly, silly, foolish 2) (BDB) unsavouriness, unseemliness (moral)
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.