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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

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 - For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:17 - Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:22 - He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:10 - Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:21 - The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:9 - Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:5 - A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:22 - A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:22 - If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Only, fools are the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, 'A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:8 - And a highway hath been there, and a way, And the 'way of holiness' is called to it, Not pass over it doth the unclean, And He Himself is by them, Whoso is going in the way -- even fools err not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - For my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - Come in have the days of inspection, Come in have the days of recompence, Israel doth know! a fool is the prophet, Mad is the man of the Spirit, Because of the abundance of thine iniquity, And great is the hatred.
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