Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3684: כְּסִיל

kᵉçîyl · pronounced kes-eel' · “fool”

Definition

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

KJV translates it as: fool(-ish).

Word origin: from H3688 (כָּסַל);

Extended definition

fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3684 is translated

  • a fool ×35
  • fools ×23
  • fool ×7
  • is a fool ×3
  • o fools ×2

Bible verses with H3684 (kᵉçîyl)

Kᵉçîyl appears in 69 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Psalms 49:10

    For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Psalms 92:6

    A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  • Psalms 94:8

    Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

  • Proverbs 1:22

    How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • Proverbs 1:32

    For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • Proverbs 3:35

    The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  • Proverbs 8:5

    O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Proverbs 10:1

    The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • Proverbs 10:18

    He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

  • Proverbs 10:23

    It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

  • Proverbs 12:23

    A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Proverbs 13:16

    Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  • Proverbs 13:19

    The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Proverbs 14:7

    Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

  • Proverbs 14:8

    The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Proverbs 14:16

    A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

  • Proverbs 14:24

    The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Proverbs 14:33

    Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Proverbs 15:2

    The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Proverbs 15:7

    The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

  • Proverbs 15:14

    The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

  • Proverbs 15:20

    A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  • Proverbs 17:10

    A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  • Proverbs 17:12

    Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

All 69 references

Words derived from H3684