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Lexicon :: Strong's H3684 - kᵊsîl

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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 2 / 2 (Pro 29:11–Ecc 10:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11 - A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then I said in my heart, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also. Why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - [fn] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 - The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:5 - It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the heart[fn] of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,
but a fool’s heart to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise man’s mouth win him favor,[fn]
but the lips of a fool consume him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The toil of a fool wearies him,
for he does not know the way to the city.

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