Strong H5530סָכָל

fool

Transliteration
sâkâl
Pronunciation
saw-kawl'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H5528; silly: - fool ({-ish}) sottish.

Detailed definition

fool

In the Bible

Strong H5530 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fool3
  • foolish2
  • sottish1

First verses

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:19
    And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:17
    Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
  3. Ecclesiastes 10:3
    Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
  4. Ecclesiastes 10:14
    A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
  5. Jeremiah 4:22
    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  6. Jeremiah 5:21
    Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
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