Lexicon :: Strong's H191 - 'ĕvîl

אֱוִיל

Transliteration

'ĕvîl

Pronunciation

ev-eel'

Part of Speech

masculine adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root (meaning to be perverse)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 44a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אֱוִיל ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'; from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly:—fool(-ish) (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H191 in the following manner: fool(s) (20x), foolish (man) (6x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

be foolish, foolish
1. (subst)
  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אֱוִיל ʼĕvîyl, ev-eel'; from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly:—fool(-ish) (man).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

STRONGS H191: Abbreviations

אֱוִיל ₂₆ adjective (foolish — א׳ Job 5:2 +; plural אֱוִילִים Psalm 107:17 +, etc.; — foolish, Proverbs 29:9 (אִישׁ א׳) Hosea 9:7 (predicate of prophet); compare Isaiah 35:8, elsewhere noun masculine fool (always morally bad), who despises wisdom & discipline Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 15:5; mocks at guilt Proverbs 14:9; is quarrelsome Proverbs 20:3; licentious Proverbs 7:22; it is folly & useless to instruct him Proverbs 16:22; Proverbs 27:22 (19 times Proverbs); compare also Jeremiah 4:22; Job 5:2, 3; Isaiah 19:11; Psalm 107:17.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

5:2; 5:2; 5:3

Psalms

107:17; 107:17

Proverbs

1:7; 7:22; 14:9; 15:5; 16:22; 20:3; 27:22; 29:9

Isaiah

19:11; 35:8

Jeremiah

4:22

Hosea

9:7

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H191 matches the Hebrew אֱוִיל ('ĕvîl),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Job 5:2 - For wrath H3708 killeth H2026 the foolish man,^H191 and envy H7068 slayeth H4191 the silly one.H6601

Job 5:3 - I have seen H7200 the foolish^H191 taking root:H8327 but suddenly H6597 I cursed H5344 his habitation.H5116

Psa 107:17 - Fools^H191 because H1870 of their transgression,H6588 and because of their iniquities,H5771 are afflicted.H6031

Pro 1:7 - The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of knowledge:H1847 but fools^H191 despise H936 wisdom H2451 and instruction.H4148

Pro 7:22 - He goeth H1980 after H310 her straightway,H6597 as an ox H7794 goeth H935 to the slaughter,H2874 or as a fool^H191 to the correction H4148 of the stocks;H5914

Pro 10:8 - The wise H2450 in heart H3820 will receive H3947 commandments:H4687 but a prating H8193 fool^H191 shall fall.H3832

Pro 10:10 - He that winketh H7169 with the eye H5869 causeth H5414 sorrow:H6094 but a prating H8193 fool^H191 shall fall.H3832

Pro 10:14 - Wise H2450 men lay up H6845 knowledge:H1847 but the mouth H6310 of the foolish^H191 is near H7138 destruction.H4288

Pro 10:21 - The lips H8193 of the righteous H6662 feed H7462 many:H7227 but fools^H191 die H4191 for want H2638 of wisdom.H3820

Pro 11:29 - He that troubleth H5916 his own house H1004 shall inherit H5157 the wind:H7307 and the fool^H191 shall be servant H5650 to the wise H2450 of heart.H3820

Pro 12:15 - The way H1870 of a fool^H191 is right H3477 in his own eyes:H5869 but he that hearkeneth H8085 unto counsel H6098 is wise.H2450

Pro 12:16 - A fool's^H191 wrath H3708 is presently H3117 known:H3045 but a prudent H6175 man covereth H3680 shame.H7036

Pro 14:3 - In the mouth H6310 of the foolish^H191 is a rod H2415 of pride:H1346 but the lips H8193 of the wise H2450 shall preserve H8104 them.

Pro 14:9 - Fools^H191 make a mock H3887 at sin:H817 but among the righteous H3477 there is favour.H7522

Pro 15:5 - A fool^H191 despiseth H5006 his father's H1 instruction:H4148 but he that regardeth H8104 reproof H8433 is prudent.H6191

Pro 16:22 - Understanding H7922 is a wellspring H4726 of life H2416 unto him that hath H1167 it: but the instruction H4148 of fools^H191 is folly.H200

Pro 17:28 - Even a fool,^H191 when he holdeth his peace,H2790 is counted H2803 wise:H2450 and he that shutteth H331 his lips H8193 is esteemed a man of understanding.H995

Pro 20:3 - It is an honour H3519 for a man H376 to cease H7674 from strife:H7379 but every fool^H191 will be meddling.H1566

Pro 24:7 - Wisdom H2454 is too high H7311 for a fool:^H191 he openeth H6605 not his mouth H6310 in the gate.H8179

Pro 27:3 - A stone H68 is heavy,H3514 and the sand H2344 weighty;H5192 but a fool's^H191 wrath H3708 is heavier H3515 than them both.H8147

Pro 27:22 - Though thou shouldest bray H3806 a fool^H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle,H5940 yet will not his foolishness H200 depart H5493 from him.

Pro 29:9 - If a wise H2450 man H376 contendeth H8199 with a foolish^H191 man,H376 whether he rage H7264 or laugh,H7832 there is no rest.H5183

Isa 19:11 - Surely the princes H8269 of Zoan H6814 are fools,^H191 the counsel H6098 of the wise H2450 counsellors H3289 of Pharaoh H6547 is become brutish:H1197 how say H559 ye unto Pharaoh,H6547 I am the son H1121 of the wise,H2450 the son H1121 of ancient H6924 kings?H4428

Isa 35:8 - And an highway H4547 shall be there, and a way,H1870 and it shall be called H7121 The way H1870 of holiness;H6944 the unclean H2931 shall not pass over H5674 it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men,H1980 though fools,^H191 shall not err H8582 therein.

Jer 4:22 - For my people H5971 is foolish,^H191 they have not known H3045 me; they are sottish H5530 children,H1121 and they have none understanding:H995 they are wise H2450 to do evil,H7489 but to do good H3190 they have no knowledge.H3045