Strong's Definition
from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly
KJV Usage: fool(-ish) (man)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֱוִיל (e.vil) — fool(ish). 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · אֱוִלִי · אִוֶּלֶת
Foolish
foolish = pertaining to being foolish, which manifests itself in a lack of fear of God, unwillingness to listen to advice, much talking, and being unable to conceal one's emotions
JOB 5:2 · JOB 5:3 · PSA 107:17 · PRO 1:7 · PRO 7:22 · PRO 10:8 · PRO 10:10 · PRO 10:14 · PRO 10:21 · PRO 11:29 · PRO 12:15 · PRO 12:16 · PRO 14:3 · PRO 14:9 · PRO 15:5 · PRO 16:22 · PRO 17:28 · PRO 20:3 · PRO 24:7 · PRO 27:3 · PRO 27:22 · PRO 29:9 · ISA 19:11 · ISA 35:8 · JER 4:22 · HOS 9:7
noun m
1 PSA 107:17 MT HOTTP-B NIV NJPS NJB REB GNT CEV | RSV NRSV חֹלִים "sick" 2 PRO 7:22 MT HOTTP-C NJPS NJB CEV | RSV NIV REB GNT אַיָּל "deer" 3 PRO 10:10 MT HOTTP-B NIV NJPS CEV | LXX RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT "he who frankly rebukes" 4 PRO 14:9 MT HOTTP-A NIV NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV | RSV אֱלֹהִים "God" 5 2KI 24:15 MT-K אֱוִיל | MT-Q אַיִל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֱוִיל 26 adj. foolish base