כְּסִילkᵉçîyl
stupid fellow, dullard, fool (Psalms 49:11; Psalms 94:8; Psalms 92:7; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 18:2)
Pronunciation: kes-eel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3684
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 70 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 49:10 Those who are wise must finally die, just like the foolish and senseless, leaving all their wealth behind.
- Psalms 92:6 Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this:
- Psalms 94:8 Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?
- Proverbs 1:22 “How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 1:32 For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
- Proverbs 3:35 The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame!
See every passage
- Psalms 49:10, 92:6, 94:8
- Proverbs 1:22, 1:32, 3:35, 8:5, 10:1, 10:18, 10:23, 12:23, 13:16, 13:19, 13:20, 14:7, 14:8, 14:16, 14:24, 14:33, 15:2, 15:7, 15:14, 15:20, 17:10, 17:12, 17:16, 17:21, 17:24, 17:25, 18:2, 18:6, 18:7, 19:1, 19:10, 19:13, 19:29, 21:20, 23:9, 26:1, 26:3, 26:4, 26:5, 26:6, 26:7, 26:8, 26:9, 26:10, 26:11, 26:12, 28:26, 29:11, 29:20
- Ecclesiastes 2:14, 2:15, 2:16, 4:5, 4:13, 5:1, 5:3, 5:4, 6:8, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:9, 9:17, 10:2, 10:12, 10:15
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).