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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)
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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 - For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips of a righteous man feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 - A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, and he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 - Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - They are but fools, the princes of Zoan, the wise counsellors of Pharaoh: their counsel is become senseless. How say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go this way -- even fools, -- shall not err therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.
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