H191 אֱוִיל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 26 KJV occurrences
אֱוִיל
ʼĕvîyl · ev-eel'
Definition
(figuratively) silly
KJV Renderings
fool(-ish) (man).
Derivation / Etymology
from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 26)
- Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- Proverbs 1:7¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Proverbs 11:29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 14:9Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
- Proverbs 17:28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
- Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
- Isaiah 19:11¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?