סָכַלçâkal

Meanings

Same root

• כָּסַלkâçal · H3688properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) silly
• סֶכֶלçekel · H5529silliness; concretely and collectively, dolts
• סָכָלçâkâl · H5530silly
• סִכְלוּתçiklûwth · H5531silliness

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 31:28 Why didn’t you let me kiss my daughters and grandchildren and tell them good-bye? You have acted very foolishly!
• 1 Samuel 13:13 “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. Had you kept it, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
• 1 Samuel 26:21 Then Saul confessed, “I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”
• 2 Samuel 15:31 When someone told David that his adviser Ahithophel was now backing Absalom, David prayed, “O Lord, let Ahithophel give Absalom foolish advice!”
• 2 Samuel 24:10 But after he had taken the census, David’s conscience began to bother him. And he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, Lord, for doing this foolish thing.”
• 1 Chronicles 21:8 Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt for doing this foolish thing.”