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Strong H1984H1984Cהָלַל

to be foolish

One of the 5 senses of Strong H1984

Transliteration
hâlal
Pronunciation
haw-lal'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

STEP sense: to be foolish

Exact lexical definition: be boastful

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ הָלַל ] vb . be boastful , Pi . praise Qal be boastful Pi . praise man or woman usually praise י׳ appar. boast , make one’s boast Pu . be praised Hithpa . glory , boast , make one’s boast Po‛el make into a fool , make a fool of Po‛al of laughter I said , It is mad (folly) Hithpo . act madly , or like a madman

General definition

A primitive root; to be clear (originally of {sound} but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify: - (make) boast ({self}) {celebrate} {commend} ({deal} {make}) fool ({-ish} {-ly}) {glory} give {[light]} be ({make} feign self) mad ({against}) give in {marriage} {[sing} be worthy of] {praise} {rage} {renowned} shine.

In the Bible

Strong H1984C appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be3
  • fool2
  • foolish2
  • deal1
  • feign1
  • mad1

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 21:13
    And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
  2. Job 12:17
    He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
  3. Psalms 5:5
    The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
  4. Psalms 73:3
    For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  5. Psalms 75:4
    I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
  6. Isaiah 44:25
    That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
  7. Jeremiah 25:16
    And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
  8. Jeremiah 50:38
    A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
  9. Jeremiah 51:7
    Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
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