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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 BoxJob 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 - For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - (LXX 106:17) [fn]He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear of the Lord is the [fn]beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - A wise man in heart will receive commandments; but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He that winks with his eyes deceitfully, procures griefs for men; but he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips of the righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in want.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The ways of fools are right in their own eyes; but a wise man hearkens to counsels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A fool declares his wrath the same day; but a prudent man hides his own disgrace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - The houses of transgressors [fn]will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 - A fool scorns his father's instruction: but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall [fn]utterly perish from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 - Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - And the princes of Tanis shall be fools: as for the king's wise counsellors, their counsel shall be turned into folly: how will ye say to the king, We are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The days of vengeance are come, the days of thy recompense are come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged: by reason of the multitude of thine iniquities thy madness has abounded.
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