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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֱוִיל

אֱוִיל

H191

Transliteration: ʼĕvîyl

Pronunciation: ev-eel'

Definition: fool


Original: אויל

Transliteration: 'ĕvı̂yl

Phonetic: ev-eel'

BDB Definition:

  1. be foolish, foolish
    1. (substantive)
      1. of one who despises wisdom
      2. of one who mocks when guilty
      3. of one who is quarrelsome
      4. of one who is licentious

Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)

TWOT entry: 44a

Part(s) of speech: Adjective Masculine


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