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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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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11 - A fool vents all his feelings,[fn]
But a wise man holds them back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:20 - Do you see a man hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - The wise man’s eyes are in his head,
But the fool walks in darkness.
Yet I myself perceived
That the same event happens to them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - So I said in my heart,
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever,
Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come.
And how does a wise man die?
As the fool!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - Better a poor and wise youth
Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For a dream comes through much activity,
And a fool’s voice is known by his many words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it;
For He has no pleasure in fools.
Pay what you have vowed—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:8 - For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 - The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:5 - It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard
Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:2 - A wise man’s heart is at his right hand,
But a fool’s heart at his left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:12 - The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,
But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labor of fools wearies them,
For they do not even know how to go to the city!

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