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HebrewH5528Verb

סָכַל

sa.khal

8Occurrences
H5528Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to be silly

for H3688 (כָּסַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to be foolish, be a fool 1a) (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness 1b) (Niphal) to act or do foolishly 1c) (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

סָכַל appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
2
2 Samuel
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 21:8BSB

Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

1 Samuel 13:13BSB

“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

1 Samuel 26:21BSB

Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

2 Chronicles 16:9BSB

For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

2 Samuel 15:31BSB

Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.”So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.