folly, foolishness Another spelling of sikh.lut (סִכְלוּת "folly" H5531B)
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H5531 — שִׂכְלוּת
sikh.lut · folly · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Ecclesiastes 1:17 · וְשִׂכְל֑וּתI applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.Ecclesiastes 2:3 · בְּסִכְל֔וּתI searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.Ecclesiastes 2:12 · וְסִכְל֑וּתI turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.Ecclesiastes 2:13 · הַסִּכְל֑וּתThen I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.Ecclesiastes 7:25 · וְהַסִּכְל֖וּתI turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.Ecclesiastes 10:1 · סִכְל֥וּתDead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.Ecclesiastes 10:13 · סִכְל֑וּתThe beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.