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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)
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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

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For vexation killeth the foolish man,
And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

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I have seen the foolish taking root:
But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:17

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Fools because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:7

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The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge;
But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

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He goeth after her straightway,
As an ox goeth to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;

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The wise in heart will receive commandments;
But a prating fool shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

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He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow;
But a prating fool shall fall.

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Wise men lay up knowledge;
But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

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The lips of the righteous feed many;
But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

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He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind;
And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:15

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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

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A fool’s vexation is presently known;
But a prudent man concealeth shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:3

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In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride;
But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:9

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A trespass-offering mocketh fools;
But among the upright there is good will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:5

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A fool despiseth his father’s correction;
But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

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Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it;
But the correction of fools is their folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise;
When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.

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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife;
But every fool will be quarrelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:7

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Wisdom is too high for a fool:
He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,
Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man,
Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: 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 over it; but it shall be for the redeemed: the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; 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 recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.
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