Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
fool(ish)
Usage: 1) be foolish, foolish 1a) (subst) 1a1) of one who despises wisdom 1a2) of one who mocks when guilty 1a3) of one who is quarrelsome 1a4) of one who is licentious
eviyl - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G191 — akouo (“be noised”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H191 אֱוִיל (eviyl) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. eviyl (ev-eel') adj. 1. (figuratively) silly [from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include fool, fools, fool's, silly, and man. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
eviyl (ev-eel') adj. 1. (figuratively) silly [from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)] KJV: fool(-ish) (man).
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fool(ish)
Usage: 1) be foolish, foolish 1a) (subst) 1a1) of one who despises wisdom 1a2) of one who mocks when guilty 1a3) of one who is quarrelsome 1a4) of one who is licentious
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render eviyl, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
25 indexed usages in Old Testament.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H191.
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H191, grouped by book.
Strong's H191 is a Hebrew entry for H191 אֱוִיל (eviyl). eviyl (ev-eel') adj. 1. (figuratively) silly [from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's H191 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H191 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fool, fools, fool's, silly, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.