HebrewH1947Noun (Feminine)

הוֹלֵלָה

ho.le.lah

4Occurrences
H1947Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

folly

feminine active participle of H1984 (הָלַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
madness

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

הוֹלֵלָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ecclesiastes
4

Key Passages

Ecclesiastes 1:17BSB

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

Ecclesiastes 2:12BSB

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 7:25BSB

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 9:3BSB

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.

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