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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 BoxJob 5:2 - For wrath H3708 killeth H2026 the foolish man, H191 and envy H7068 slayeth H4191 the silly one. H6601

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen H7200 the foolish H191 taking root: H8327 but suddenly H6597 I cursed H5344 his habitation. H5116

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Fools H191 because H1870 of their transgression, H6588 and because of their iniquities, H5771 are afflicted. H6031

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of knowledge: H1847 but fools H191 despise H936 wisdom H2451 and instruction. H4148

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - He goeth H1980 after H310 her straightway, H6597 as an ox H7794 goeth H935 to the slaughter, H2874 or as a fool H191 to the correction H4148 of the stocks; H5914

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise H2450 in heart H3820 will receive H3947 commandments: H4687 but a prating H8193 fool H191 shall fall. H3832

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He that winketh H7169 with the eye H5869 causeth H5414 sorrow: H6094 but a prating H8193 fool H191 shall fall. H3832

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - Wise H2450 men lay up H6845 knowledge: H1847 but the mouth H6310 of the foolish H191 is near H7138 destruction. H4288

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips H8193 of the righteous H6662 feed H7462 many: H7227 but fools H191 die H4191 for want H2638 of wisdom. H3820

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - He that troubleth H5916 his own house H1004 shall inherit H5157 the wind: H7307 and the fool H191 shall be servant H5650 to the wise H2450 of heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way H1870 of a fool H191 is right H3477 in his own eyes: H5869 but he that hearkeneth H8085 unto counsel H6098 is wise. H2450

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A fool's H191 wrath H3708 is presently H3117 known: H3045 but a prudent H6175 man covereth H3680 shame. H7036

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the mouth H6310 of the foolish H191 is a rod H2415 of pride: H1346 but the lips H8193 of the wise H2450 shall preserve H8104 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - Fools H191 make a mock H3887 at sin: H817 but among the righteous H3477 there is favour. H7522

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 - A fool H191 despiseth H5006 his father's H1 instruction: H4148 but he that regardeth H8104 reproof H8433 is prudent. H6191

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Understanding H7922 is a wellspring H4726 of life H2416 unto him that hath H1167 it: but the instruction H4148 of fools H191 is folly. H200

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even a fool, H191 when he holdeth his peace, H2790 is counted H2803 wise: H2450 and he that shutteth H331 his lips H8193 is esteemed a man of understanding. H995

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honour H3519 for a man H376 to cease H7674 from strife: H7379 but every fool H191 will be meddling. H1566

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 - Wisdom H2454 is too high H7311 for a fool: H191 he openeth H6605 not his mouth H6310 in the gate. H8179

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone H68 is heavy, H3514 and the sand H2344 weighty; H5192 but a fool's H191 wrath H3708 is heavier H3515 than them both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though thou shouldest bray H3806 a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle, H5940 yet will not his foolishness H200 depart H5493 from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - If a wise H2450 man H376 contendeth H8199 with a foolish H191 man, H376 whether he rage H7264 or laugh, H7832 there is no rest. H5183

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely the princes H8269 of Zoan H6814 are fools, H191 the counsel H6098 of the wise H2450 counsellors H3289 of Pharaoh H6547 is become brutish: H1197 how say H559 ye unto Pharaoh, H6547 I am the son H1121 of the wise, H2450 the son H1121 of ancient H6924 kings? H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - And an highway H4547 shall be there, and a way, H1870 and it shall be called H7121 The way H1870 of holiness; H6944 the unclean H2931 shall not pass over H5674 it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, H1980 though fools, H191 shall not err H8582 therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For my people H5971 is foolish, H191 they have not known H3045 me; they are sottish H5530 children, H1121 and they have none understanding: H995 they are wise H2450 to do evil, H7489 but to do good H3190 they have no knowledge. H3045

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days H3117 of visitation H6486 are come, H935 the days H3117 of recompence H7966 are come; H935 Israel H3478 shall know H3045 it: the prophet H5030 is a fool, H191 the spiritual H7307 man H376 is mad, H7696 for the multitude H7230 of thine iniquity, H5771 and the great H7227 hatred. H4895
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