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Lexicon :: Strong's H191 - 'ĕvîl

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אֱוִיל
Transliteration
'ĕvîl
Pronunciation
ev-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
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TWOT Reference: 44a

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).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H191 in the following manner: fool(s) (20x), foolish (man) (6x).
  1. 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).
STRONGS H191: Abbreviations
אֱוִיל 26 adjective (foolishא׳ 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H191

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 -

“For vexation kills the ignorant H191 fool H191,

And jealousy puts to death the simple.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 -

“I have seen the ignorant H191 fool H191 taking root,

And I cursed his abode suddenly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 -

[fn]Ignorant H191 fools H191, because of their way of transgression,

And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 -

The fear of [fn]Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;

[fn]Ignorant H191 fools H191 despise wisdom and discipline.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 -

He suddenly follows her

As an ox goes to the slaughter,

Or [fn]as one in fetters to the discipline of an ignorant H191 fool H191,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 -

The wise of heart will receive commandments,

But an ignorant H191 fool H191 of loose lips will be [fn]ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 -

He who winks the eye causes pain,

And an ignorant H191 fool H191 of loose lips will be [fn]ruined.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 -

Wise men store up knowledge,

But the mouth of the ignorant H191 fool H191 draws ruin near.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 -

The lips of the righteous feed many,

But ignorant H191 fools H191 die for lack of a heart of wisdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 -

He who troubles his own house will inherit wind,

And the ignorant H191 fool H191 will be a slave to the wise of heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 -

The way of an ignorant H191 fool H191 is right in his own eyes,

But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 -

An ignorant H191 fool’s H191 [fn]anger is known at once,

But a prudent man conceals disgrace.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 -

In the mouth of the ignorant H191 fool H191 is a rod of lofty pride,

But the lips of the wise will keep them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 -

Ignorant H191 fools H191 scoff at guilt,

But among the upright there is favor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 -

An ignorant H191 fool H191 spurns his father’s discipline,

But he who keeps reproof is prudent.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 -

Insight is a fountain of life to one who has it,

But the discipline of ignorant H191 fools H191 is [fn]folly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 -

Even an ignorant H191 fool H191, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;

When he closes his lips, he is considered understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 -

It is a glory for a man to cease quarreling,

But any ignorant H191 fool H191 will break out in dispute.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 -

Wisdom is too exalted for an ignorant H191 fool H191,

He does not open his mouth in the gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 -

A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,

But the provocation of an ignorant H191 fool H191 is heavier than both of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 -

Though you pound an ignorant H191 fool H191 in a mortar with a pestle in the midst of crushed grain,

His [fn]folly will not turn aside from him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 -

When a wise man is brought into judgment with a man who is an ignorant H191 fool H191,

[fn]The ignorant fool both rages and laughs, and there is no rest.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 -

The princes of [fn]Zoan are merely ignorant H191 fools H191;

The counsel of Pharaoh’s wisest counselors has become [fn]senseless.

How can you men say to Pharaoh,

“I am a son of the wise, a son of the kings of old”?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 -

And a [fn]roadway will be there, a highway,

And it will be called the Highway of Holiness.

The unclean will not pass by on it,

But it will be for him who walks in that way,

And ignorant H191 fools H191 will not wander on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 -

“For My people are ignorant H191 fools H191,

They know Me not;

They are simpleminded children

And have no understanding.

They are wise to do evil,

But to do good they do not know.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 -

The days of punishment have come;

The days of recompense have come;

[fn]Let Israel know this!

The prophet is an ignorant H191 fool H191,

The [fn]inspired man has madness,

Because of the abundance of your iniquity

And because your hostility has abounded.

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