H5528: סָכַל
çâkal · pronounced saw-kal' · “be foolish”
Definition
to be silly
KJV translates it as: do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
Word origin: for H3688 (כָּסַל);
Extended definition
1a) (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness
1b) (Niphal) to act or do foolishly
1c) (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5528 is translated
- you have acted foolishly ×2
- i have acted foolishly ×2
- you have behaved foolishly ×1
- i have behaved foolishly ×1
- make foolish ×1
- he makes foolish ×1
Bible verses with H5528 (çâkal)
Çâkal appears in 8 verses.
- Genesis 31:28
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
- 1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
- 1 Samuel 26:21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- 2 Samuel 24:10
And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 1 Chronicles 21:8
And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
- Isaiah 44:25
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;