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Lexicon :: Strong's H3684 - kᵊsîl

Aa
כְּסִיל
Transliteration
kᵊsîl
Pronunciation
kes-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1011c

Strong’s Definitions

כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'; from H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly:—fool(-ish).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x

The KJV translates Strong's H3684 in the following manner: fool (61x), foolish (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x
The KJV translates Strong's H3684 in the following manner: fool (61x), foolish (9x).

  1. fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'; from H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly:—fool(-ish).
STRONGS H3684: Abbreviations
I. כְּסִיל 70 noun masculine stupid fellow, dullard, fool; — כ׳ Psalm 49:11 + 44 times; plural כְּסִילִים Psalm 94:8 + 25 times; — || בער Psalm 49:11; Psalm 92:7; Psalm 94:8, elsewhere only in Wisdom Literature; he hates knowledge Proverbs 1:22; delights not in understanding Proverbs 18:2; it is his sport to do mischief Proverbs 10:23; his heart proclaimeth אִוֶּלָת Proverbs 12:23; his mouth poureth it forth Proverbs 15:2, and feedeth on it Proverbs 15:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

49:11; 49:11; 92:7; 94:8; 94:8

Proverbs

1:22; 10:23; 12:23; 15:2; 15:14; 18:2

H3684

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Strong's Number H3684 matches the Hebrew כְּסִיל (kᵊsîl),
which occurs 70 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Psa 49:10–Pro 28:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 - For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:6 - A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:32 - For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:35 - The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:5 - Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:1 - A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:18 - Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16 - A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:19 - To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:20 - Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 - Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:8 - The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:16 - The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:24 - Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:33 - Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2 - Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 - The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:14 - The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 - A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:10 - A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:16 - How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:21 - He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 - Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:25 - A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:2 - A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:6 - A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:7 - The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:1 - Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:10 - Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:13 - A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:29 - Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:1 - Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 - A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 - Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:6 - He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:7 - The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:11 - Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 - Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:26 - He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

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