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Strong's H3684 כְּסִיל (kecil)

kciyl - 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 G3684 — onikos (“millstone”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3684
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 69
Books 3

Strong's H3684 Quick Answer

Strong's H3684 כְּסִיל (kciyl) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kciyl (kes-eel') n-m. 1. (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly [from H3688] It has 69 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include fool, fools, and fool's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
kciyl (kes-eel') n-m. 1. (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly [from H3688]
Usage
69 linked usages
Books
3 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
fool, fools, and fool's

Meaning and Definition

kciyl (kes-eel') n-m. 1. (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly [from H3688] KJV: fool(-ish). Root(s): H3688

Original Word
כְּסִיל
Transliteration
kciyl
Derivation
Root: כסל First root strongs: 3688
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3684. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H3684 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kciyl, 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.

fool Psalms 49:10 33× fools Psalms 94:8 22× fool's Proverbs 18:6

How Strong's H3684 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 69 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3684 by Corpus

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.

Strong's H3684 in the Old Testament

69 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Psalms 49:10 KJV

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Psalms 92:6 KJV

A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Psalms 94:8 KJV

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Usage Excerpts

First 69 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3684.

Psalms 49:10 Old Testament, KJV
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 92:6 Old Testament, KJV
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Psalms 94:8 Old Testament, KJV
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Proverbs 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:32 Old Testament, KJV
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 3:35 Old Testament, KJV
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Proverbs 10:23 Old Testament, KJV
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs 12:23 Old Testament, KJV
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Proverbs 13:19 Old Testament, KJV
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Proverbs 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 14:33 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 15:2 Old Testament, KJV
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Proverbs 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs 15:14 Old Testament, KJV
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 17:21 Old Testament, KJV
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs 17:24 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:25 Old Testament, KJV
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 18:2 Old Testament, KJV
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:7 Old Testament, KJV
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 19:1 Old Testament, KJV
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 19:29 Old Testament, KJV
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 21:20 Old Testament, KJV
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 26:1 Old Testament, KJV
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 26:3 Old Testament, KJV
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs 26:4 Old Testament, KJV
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Proverbs 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Proverbs 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
Proverbs 26:10 Old Testament, KJV
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Proverbs 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Proverbs 26:12 Old Testament, KJV
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 28:26 Old Testament, KJV
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Proverbs 29:11 Old Testament, KJV
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3684, grouped by book.

Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 49 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 17 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3684 FAQ

What does kecil (כְּסִיל) mean?

Strong's H3684 is a Hebrew entry for H3684 כְּסִיל (kciyl). kciyl (kes-eel') n-m. 1. (properly) fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly [from H3688]

How many times is kecil (כְּסִיל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 69 linked usages for Strong's H3684 across 3 books.

Where can I study kecil (כְּסִיל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3684 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kecil (כְּסִיל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fool, fools, and fool's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.