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H5531 סִכְלוּת (çiklûwth) sik-looth'

Hebrew
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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:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׂכְלוּת (sikh.lut) — folly. folly, foolishness Another spelling of sikh.lut (סִכְלוּת "folly" H5531B)

סִכְלוּת (sikh.lut) — folly. folly, foolishness Also means: sikh.lut (שִׂכְלוּת "folly" H5531A)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · סכל

Foolish | ≈ הֹולֵלָה · הֹולֵלוּת · כֶּסֶל | ≠ חָכְמָה

folly, foolishness = behavior which lacks good sense

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

Steve Berneking

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּת n.f. folly base

Bible Occurrences (7)

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