Quick Definition
fool(ish)
Strong's Definition
(figuratively) silly
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);
KJV Usage: fool(-ish) (man).
TWOT Reference: 44a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) be foolish, foolish
1a) (subst)
1a1) of one who despises wisdom
1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
1a4) of one who is licentious
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) be foolish, foolish
1a) (subst)
1a1) of one who despises wisdom
1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
1a4) of one who is licentious
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֱוִיל
ĕvý̂yl
BDB Definition:
1) be foolish, foolish
1a) (substantive)
1a1) of one who despises wisdom
1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
1a4) of one who is licentious
Part of Speech: adjective masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 44a
Total KJV Occurrences: 26