אִוֶּלֶתʼivveleth

folly (Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 14:8; Psalms 38:6; Proverbs 14:18; Proverbs 16:22)

Pronunciation: iv-veh'-leth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H200

Same root

אֱוִילʼĕvîyl · H191(figuratively) silly

Where it appears

Appears 25 times in the Bible.

Psalms 38:5 My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.
Psalms 69:5 O God, you know how foolish I am; my sins cannot be hidden from you.
Proverbs 5:23 He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness.
Proverbs 12:23 The wise don’t make a show of their knowledge, but fools broadcast their foolishness.
Proverbs 13:16 Wise people think before they act; fools don’t—and even brag about their foolishness.
Proverbs 14:1 A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

See every passage

Psalms 38:5, 69:5
Proverbs 5:23, 12:23, 13:16, 14:1, 14:8, 14:17, 14:18, 14:24, 14:29, 15:2, 15:14, 15:21, 16:22, 17:12, 18:13, 19:3, 22:15, 24:9, 26:4, 26:5, 26:11, 27:22

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).