H5531 - סִכְלוּת (çiklûwth)

H5531 סִכְלוּת (çiklûwth) sik-looth'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

silliness

Derivation: or שִׂכְלוּת; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528 (סָכַל);

KJV Usage: folly, foolishness.

TWOT Reference: 1493c,d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) folly, foolishness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2167

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׂכְלוּת / סִכְלוּת siklûth / śiklûth BDB Definition: 1) folly, foolishness Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5528 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1493c, 1493d Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

1:17 2:3 2:12 2:13 7:25 10:1 10:13

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 2:3

I sought... to cheer my body... with wine and to embrace folly— my mind still guiding me with wisdom— until I could see what [was] worthwhile for men... to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

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 2:13

And I saw that wisdom exceeds... folly, just as light exceeds... darkness:

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 10:1

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of his talk... is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.