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Lexicon :: Strong's H5528 - sāḵal

Aa
סָכַל
Transliteration
sāḵal
Pronunciation
saw-kal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1493

Strong’s Definitions

סָכַל çâkal, saw-kal'; for H3688; to be silly:—do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5528 in the following manner: done foolishly (5x), turn into foolishness (1x), make foolish (1x), play the fool (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5528 in the following manner: done foolishly (5x), turn into foolishness (1x), make foolish (1x), play the fool (1x).

  1. to be foolish, be a fool

    1. (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness

    2. (Niphal) to act or do foolishly

    3. (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָכַל çâkal, saw-kal'; for H3688; to be silly:—do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
STRONGS H5528: Abbreviations
† [סָכַל] verb be foolish, or a fool, usually in moral or spititual sense (Syriac bdb069801 Aph`el act foolishly; bdb069802 foolish, etc., Targum סְכַל derived species, act foolishly; סַכְלָא fool; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb069803, Aph`el = ἁμαρτάνω, also derivatives SchwIdioticon 62; Assyrian saklu, perhaps foolish, DlHWB 498; Aramaic bdb069804 סְכַל know, be intelligent, cause to understand, etc. (derived species), compare שׂכל; MeiChrest. Targ. derives both these opposite meanings from Arabic bdb069805 form, likeness. Gerber178 thinks Hebrew verb denominative); —
Piel Imperfect יְסַכֵּל Isaiah 44:25, Imperative סַכֶּלנָֿא 2 Samuel 15:31, make foolish, turn into foolishness.
Niph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular נִסְכַּלְתָּ 2 Chronicles 16:9; נִסְכָּ֑לְתָּ 1 Samuel 13:13; 1st person singular נִסְכַּלְתִּי 2 Samuel 24:10 = 1 Chronicles 21:8, act or do foolishly.
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִסְכַּלְתָּ Genesis 31:28 (E), 1st person singular הִסְכַּלְתִּי 1 Samuel 26:21, do foolishly, play the fool.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:28

1 Samuel

13:13; 26:21

2 Samuel

15:31; 24:10

1 Chronicles

21:8

2 Chronicles

16:9

Isaiah

44:25

H5528

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5528 matches the Hebrew סָכַל (sāḵal),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:13 - And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:21 - Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:10 - And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8 - Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9 - For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:25 - Who makes the signs of those who give word of the future come to nothing, so that those who have knowledge of secret arts go off their heads; turning the wise men back, and making their knowledge foolish:
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