HebrewH5530Noun (Masculine)

סָכָל

sa.khal

6Occurrences
H5530Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

silly

from H5528 (סָכַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
fool

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

סָכָל appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ecclesiastes
4
Jeremiah
2

Key Passages

Ecclesiastes 10:3BSB

Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking,and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

Ecclesiastes 10:14BSB

Yet the fool multiplies words.No one knows what is coming,and who can tell him what will come after him?

Ecclesiastes 2:19BSB

And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 7:17BSB

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Jeremiah 4:22BSB

“For My people are fools;they have not known Me.They are foolish children,without understanding.They are skilled in doing evil,but they know not how to do good.”

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