אֱוִיל
ʾĕwîl
foolish
Strong's H191AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 44a

אֱוִיל (ʾĕwîl) is a Hebrew adjective meaning foolish. It appears 26 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H191).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 44a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 44a)foolish; silly; fool
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אֱוִיל adjective: foolish

Strong's H191 אֱוִיל: (figuratively) silly
KJV:fool(-ish) (man).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 44: אול ʾwl — be foolish, grow thick

See it in Scripture

Job 5:2Psalms 107:17Proverbs 1:7

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