Quick Definition
be foolish
Strong's Definition
to be silly
Derivation: for H3688 (כָּסַל);
KJV Usage: do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
TWOT Reference: 1493
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be foolish, be a fool
1a) (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness
1b) (Niphal) to act or do foolishly
1c) (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָכַל (sa.khal) — be foolish. 1) to be foolish, be a fool 1a) (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness 1b) (Niphal) to act or do foolishly 1c) (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סָכַל] vb. be foolish or a fool, usu. in moral or spiritual sense Piel make foolish, turn into foolishness
Niph. act or do foolishly
Hiph. do foolishly, play the fool
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