H0191

אֱוִיל

e.vilH:A-M

fool(ish)

1) be foolish, foolish 1a) (subst) 1a1) of one who despises wisdom 1a2) of one who mocks when guilty 1a3) of one who is quarrelsome 1a4) of one who is licentious

The KJV translates H0191 in the following manner:

fool (22x), foolish (10x), fools (10x), fool’s (4x), Fools (4x), man (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֱוִיל26 adjective (foolish — ׳א Job 5:2 +; plural אֱוִילִים Ps 107:17 +, etc.; — foolish, Prov 29:9 (׳אִישׁ א) Hos 9:7 (predicate of prophet); compare Isa 35:8, elsewhere noun masculine fool (always morally bad), who despises wisdom & discipline Prov 1:7; Prov 15:5 mocks at guilt Prov 14:9 is quarrelsome Prov 20:3 licentious Prov 7:22 it is folly & useless to instruct him Prov 16:22; Prov 27:22 (19 t. Proverbs); compare also Jer 4:22; Job 5:2; Job 5:3; Isa 19:11; Ps 107:17.


24 occurrences

Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (17), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1)