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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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