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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 Box Ecc 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - Next, I decided to consider wisdom, as well as foolish behavior and ideas. For what more can the king's successor do than what the king has already done?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,
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