שִׂכְלוּת
siklût
folly
Strong's H5531NounHebrewTWOT 1493c

שִׂכְלוּת (siklût) is a Hebrew noun meaning folly. It appears 7 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5531).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1493c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1493c)folly; silliness; foolishness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סִכְלוּת noun, feminine: folly

Strong's H5531 סִכְלוּת: silliness
KJV:folly, foolishness.

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 1493: סָכַל sākal — be foolish, a fool; make foolish, turn into foolishness; act, do foolishly; play the fool; be silly; do fool, do foolish, do foolishness

See it in Scripture

Ecclesiastes 1:17

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