כְּסִיל
kĕsîl
stupid fellow
Strong's H3684NounHebrewTWOT 1011c

כְּסִיל (kĕsîl) is a Hebrew noun meaning stupid fellow. It appears 70 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3684).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1011c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1011c)stupid fellow, dullard, fool; fat, stupid, silly; foolish
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כְּסִיל noun, masculine: stupid fellow, dullard, fool

Strong's H3684 כְּסִיל: properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV:fool(-ish).

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 1011: כָּסַל kāsal — be, become stupid; be fat, silly; be foolish

See it in Scripture

Psalms 94:8Proverbs 1:22Ecclesiastes 2:14

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