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Lexicon :: Strong's H3684 - kᵊsîl

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כְּסִיל
Transliteration
kᵊsîl
Pronunciation
kes-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1011c

Strong’s Definitions

כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'; from H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly:—fool(-ish).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x

The KJV translates Strong's H3684 in the following manner: fool (61x), foolish (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 70x
The KJV translates Strong's H3684 in the following manner: fool (61x), foolish (9x).

  1. fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'; from H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly:—fool(-ish).
STRONGS H3684: Abbreviations
I. כְּסִיל 70 noun masculine stupid fellow, dullard, fool; — כ׳ Psalm 49:11 + 44 times; plural כְּסִילִים Psalm 94:8 + 25 times; — || בער Psalm 49:11; Psalm 92:7; Psalm 94:8, elsewhere only in Wisdom Literature; he hates knowledge Proverbs 1:22; delights not in understanding Proverbs 18:2; it is his sport to do mischief Proverbs 10:23; his heart proclaimeth אִוֶּלָת Proverbs 12:23; his mouth poureth it forth Proverbs 15:2, and feedeth on it Proverbs 15:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

49:11; 49:11; 92:7; 94:8; 94:8

Proverbs

1:22; 10:23; 12:23; 15:2; 15:14; 18:2

H3684

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Strong's Number H3684 matches the Hebrew כְּסִיל (kᵊsîl),
which occurs 70 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Pro 29:11–Ecc 10:15)

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A fool H3684 [fn]lets out all of his spirit,

But a wise man holds it back.

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Do you behold a man who is hasty in his words?

There is more hope for a fool H3684 than for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool H3684 walks in darkness. And yet I know that the fate of one becomes the fate of all of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then I said in my heart, “As is the fate of the fool H3684, so will my fate be also. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said in my heart, “This too is vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there is no remembrance of the wise man along with the fool H3684 forever, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man dies with the fool H3684!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool H3684 folds his hands in embrace and consumes his own flesh.

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A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish H3684 king who no longer knows how to receive [fn]warning.

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[fn]Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools H3684; for they do not know they are doing evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For the dream comes through abundant endeavor and the voice of a fool H3684 through abundant words.

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When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools H3684. Pay what you vow!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool H3684? What advantage does the afflicted man have, knowing how to walk before the living?

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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,

While the heart of fools H3684 is in the house of gladness.

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Better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man

Than for one to listen to the song of fools H3684.

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For as the crackling sound of thorn bushes under a pot,

So is the laughter of the fool H3684;

And this too is vanity.

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Do not be [fn]eager in your spirit to be vexed,

For vexation rests in the bosom of fools H3684.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in restfulness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools H3684.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish H3684 man’s H3684 heart directs him toward the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, but the lips of a fool H3684 swallow him up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labor of [fn]a fool H3684 so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.

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