אֱוִילʼĕvîyl
foolish (Job 5:2; Psalms 107:17; Proverbs 29:9; Hosea 9:7; Isaiah 35:8)
Pronunciation: ev-eel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H191
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Job 5:2 Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.
- Job 5:3 I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster.
- Psalms 107:17 Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins.
- Proverbs 1:7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Proverbs 7:22 He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap,
- Proverbs 10:8 The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).