H1947 - הוֹלֵלָה (hôwlêlâh)

H1947 הוֹלֵלָה (hôwlêlâh) ho-lay-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

madness

Strong's Definition

folly

Derivation: feminine active participle of H1984 (הָלַל);

KJV Usage: madness.

TWOT Reference: 501a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) madness

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

madness

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

הוֹלֵלָה hôlêlâh BDB Definition: 1) madness Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: active participle of H1984 Same Word by TWOT Number: 501a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

1:17 2:12 7:25 9:3

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I set my mind to know wisdom [and] madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what [more] can the king’s successor... do than what has already been accomplished?

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun:... There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men... are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they [join] the dead.