H1947: הוֹלֵלָה
hôwlêlâh · pronounced ho-lay-law' · “madness”
Definition
folly
KJV translates it as: madness.
Word origin: feminine active participle of H1984 (הָלַל);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1947 is translated
- madness ×4
Bible verses with H1947 (hôwlêlâh)
Hôwlêlâh appears in 4 verses.
- Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
- Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.