Strong's Hebrew · H5528
H5528 çâkal
סָכַל
saw-kal'
be foolish
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çâkal appears 8 times in Scripture, in Genesis, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles and Isaiah. 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
to be silly
In the King James Version
do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
Derivation
for H3688 (כָּסַל);
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.””
“But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.”
“After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.””
““You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.”
“Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!””
“who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,”
“Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.””
“Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!””
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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).
