Help QuickNav Adv. Options
WEB

WEB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H191 - 'ĕvîl

Choose a new font size and typeface
אֱוִיל
Transliteration
'ĕvîl
Pronunciation
ev-eel'
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 - For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Fools, because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel is wise.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 - A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:7 - Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rageth or laugheth, there is no rest.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Tools

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 those: the way-faring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Tools

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 spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the great hatred.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
WEB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
WEB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.