Strong's Hebrew · H191
H191 ʼĕvîyl
אֱוִיל
ev-eel'
fool(ish)
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ʼĕvîyl appears 26 times in Scripture, including Job 5:2 and Psalms 107:17. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
(figuratively) silly
In the King James Version
fool(-ish) (man).
Derivation
from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);
Appears 26 times in Scripture
“A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.”
“The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.”
“He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.”
“He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,”
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”
“The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.”
“Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.”
“Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.”
“I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.”
“For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
