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Lexicon :: Strong's H5531 - siḵlûṯ

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סִכְלוּת
Transliteration
siḵlûṯ
Pronunciation
sik-looth'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1493c,1493d

Strong’s Definitions

סִכְלוּת çiklûwth, sik-looth'; or שִׂכְלוּת siklûwth; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528; silliness:—folly, foolishness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H5531 in the following manner: folly (5x), foolishness (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H5531 in the following manner: folly (5x), foolishness (2x).

  1. folly, foolishness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סִכְלוּת çiklûwth, sik-looth'; or שִׂכְלוּת siklûwth; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528; silliness:—folly, foolishness.
STRONGS H5531: Abbreviations
† סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּת noun feminine folly; — ס׳ Ecclesiastes 2:3, 12, 13; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 10:1, 13; שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 1:17 (שׂ erroneously for ס).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ecclesiastes

1:17; 2:3; 2:12; 2:13; 7:25; 10:1; 10:13

H5531

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5531 matches the Hebrew סִכְלוּת (siḵlûṯ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I set H5414 my [fn]mind H3820 to know H3045 wisdom H2451 and to know H3045 madness H1947 and folly; H5531 I realized H3045 that this H2088 also H1571 is striving H7475 after wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored H8446 with my [fn]mind H3820 how to stimulate H4900 my body H1320 with wine H3196 while my [fn]mind H3820 was guiding H5090 me wisely, H2451 and how to take H270 hold H270 of folly, H5531 until H5704 H834 I could see H7200 what H335 H2088 good H2896 there is for the sons H1121 of men H120 [fn]to do H6213 under H8478 heaven H8064 the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of their lives. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - So I turned H6437 to consider H7200 wisdom, H2451 madness H1947 and folly; H5531 for what H4100 will the man H120 do who H7945 will come H935 after H310 the king H4428 except what H834 has already H3528 been done? H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - And I saw H7200 that wisdom H2451 excels H3504 folly H5531 as light H216 excels H3504 darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I [fn]directed H5437 my [fn]mind H3820 to know, H3045 to investigate H8446 and to seek H1245 wisdom H2451 and an explanation, H2808 and to know H3045 the evil H7562 of folly H3689 and the foolishness H3689 of madness. H1947

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead H4194 flies H2070 make a perfumer’s H7543 oil H8081 stink, H887 so a little H4592 foolishness H5531 is weightier H3368 than H4480 wisdom H2451 and honor. H3519

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - the beginning H8462 of [fn]his talking H1697 H6310 is folly H5531 and the end H319 of [fn]it is wicked H7451 madness. H1948
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