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Lexicon :: Strong's H5531 - siḵlûṯ

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סִכְלוּת
Transliteration
siḵlûṯ
Pronunciation
sik-looth'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1493c,1493d

Strong’s Definitions

סִכְלוּת çiklûwth, sik-looth'; or שִׂכְלוּת siklûwth; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528; silliness:—folly, foolishness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H5531 in the following manner: folly (5x), foolishness (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H5531 in the following manner: folly (5x), foolishness (2x).

  1. folly, foolishness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סִכְלוּת çiklûwth, sik-looth'; or שִׂכְלוּת siklûwth; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528; silliness:—folly, foolishness.
STRONGS H5531: Abbreviations
† סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּת noun feminine folly; — ס׳ Ecclesiastes 2:3, 12, 13; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 10:1, 13; שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 1:17 (שׂ erroneously for ס).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ecclesiastes

1:17; 2:3; 2:12; 2:13; 7:25; 10:1; 10:13

H5531

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5531 matches the Hebrew סִכְלוּת (siḵlûṯ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I applied my [fn]mind to know wisdom and to know insanity and foolishness H5531; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored with my [fn]mind how to refresh my body with wine while my [fn]mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize foolishness H5531, until I could see what good there is for the sons of mankind [fn]to do under heaven for the few [fn]years of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 -

So I turned to consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness H5531; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except what has already been done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - Then I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness H5531 as light surpasses darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I [fn]directed my [fn]mind to know and to investigate, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of foolishness and the foolishness of insanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead flies turn a perfumer’s oil rancid, so a little foolishness H5531 is more [fn]potent than wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - the beginning of [fn]his talking is foolishness H5531, and the end of [fn]it is evil insanity.
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