סִכְלוּת
çiklûwth · H5531 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
-
folly, foolishness
Behavior which lacks good sense
ExamplesEcclesiastes 1:17 And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:3 I explored with my mind how to refresh my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely; and how to seize foolishness, until I could see what good there is for the sons of mankind to do under heaven for the few years of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 2:12 So I turned to consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness; for what will the man do who will come after the king, except what has already been done?
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מְעַטfew 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- יָדַעto know 2
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הוֹלֵלָהmadness 1
- יָקָרprecious 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תְּחִלָּהbeginning 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- מִןfrom 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 6 words
- אִוֶּלֶת ʼivveleth · H200 · folly
- Both words denote the abstract idea of folly or foolishness, two distinct words that could substitute for each other in expressing the same concept.
- פְּתִי pᵉthîy · H6612 · simpleton
- סִכְלוּת (çiklûwth, H5531) is a noun meaning “folly, foolishness,” the quality or state itself. פְּתִי (pᵉthîy, H6612) is an adjective or noun meaning “foolish, simple,” describing a foolish person or the quality of simplicity. Both belong to the vocabulary of foolishness and could substitute in describing foolish behavior or character.
- הוֹלֵלוּת hôwlêlûwth · H1948 · madness
- Both words denote mental or behavioral states marked by lack of wisdom or rationality and could substitute in contexts describing foolish conduct or thinking.
- שִׁגָּעוֹן shiggâʻôwn · H7697 · madness
- Both words describe forms of irrational or disordered thinking or behavior: “folly, foolishness” (סִכְלוּת) and “madness” (שִׁגָּעוֹן) are distinct but overlapping, and both can be used in contexts describing mental or behavioral disorder.
- תִּפְלָה tiphlâh · H8604 · irrationality, senselessness
- Both words are abstract nouns denoting the quality or state of folly or foolishness, and could substitute for each other in sense.
- נְבָלָה nᵉbâlâh · H5039 · foolishness, folly, foolish actions
- Both words denote folly or foolishness as abstract nouns and could substitute in overlapping senses.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀφροσύνη aphrosýnē · G877 · to be a fool, foolishness
- Greek ἀφροσύνη renders Hebrew סִכְלוּת with direct semantic equivalence, both denoting the state or quality of lacking wisdom or sound judgment.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Foolish002001002010
- The abstract noun for folly or foolishness, describing the character or outcome of foolish behavior, sharing its domain with the closely related verb and adjective forms.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5531. sikluth שִׂכְלוּת סִכְלוּת, noun feminine folly; — ׳ס Ecc 2:3, Ecc 2:12, Ecc 2:13;…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.