H191: אֱוִיל
ʼĕvîyl · pronounced ev-eel' · “fool(ish)”
Definition
(figuratively) silly
KJV translates it as: fool(-ish) (man).
Word origin: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);
Extended definition
1a) (subst)
1a1) of one who despises wisdom
1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
1a4) of one who is licentious
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H191 is translated
- a fool ×13
- fools ×7
- a fool of ×2
- fool ×2
- is a fool ×2
Bible verses with H191 (ʼĕvîyl)
ʼĕvîyl appears in 26 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Psalms 107:17
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 7:22
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
- Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
- Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
- Proverbs 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
- Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
- Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
- Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
- Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
- Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
- Isaiah 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Isaiah 35:8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
- Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.