Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H191 - 'ĕvîl

Choose a new font size and typeface
אֱוִיל
Transliteration
'ĕvîl
Pronunciation
ev-eel'
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
Dictionary Aids

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 (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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 - For wrath kills a foolish man,
And envy slays a simple one.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen the foolish taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Fools, because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise in heart will receive commands,
But a prating fool will fall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He who winks with the eye causes trouble,
But a prating fool will fall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - Wise people store up knowledge,
But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of wisdom.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But he who heeds counsel is wise.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A fool’s wrath is known at once,
But a prudent man covers shame.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride,
But the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - Fools mock at sin,
But among the upright there is favor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 - A fool despises his father’s instruction,
But he who receives correction is prudent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it.
But the correction of fools is folly.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
Since any fool can start a quarrel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 - Wisdom is too lofty for a fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - A highway shall be there, and a road,
And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
The unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for others.
Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
Shall not go astray.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are silly children,
And they have no understanding.
They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a fool,
The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.