Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #5531 - סִכְלוּת sikluth (folly)


Original Word:סִכְלוּת
Transliteration: sikluth
Definition:folly
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(sik-looth')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

folly, foolishness

Or sikluwth (Eccl. 1:17) {sik-looth'}; from cakal; silliness -- folly, foolishness.

see HEBREW cakal


Englishman's Concordance

1) folly, foolishness
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5528
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1493c, 1493d

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּתnoun femininefolly; — ׳סEcclesiastes 2:3,12,13; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 10:1,13; ׳שׁEcclesiastes 1:17 (שׂ erroneously for ס).

שִׂכְלוּתEcclesiastes 1:17 see סִכְלוּת.



Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5531. סִכְלוּת (sikluth or sikluth) — 7 Occurrences

Ecclesiastes 1:17
HEB:וְדַ֥עַת הוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְשִׂכְל֑וּת יָדַ֕עְתִּי שֶׁגַּם־
NAS: madness and folly; I realized
KJV: madness and folly: I perceived
INT: know madness and folly realized also

Ecclesiastes 2:3
HEB:בַּֽחָכְמָה֙ וְלֶאֱחֹ֣ז בְּסִכְל֔וּת עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: and how to take hold of folly, until
KJV: and to lay hold on folly, till I might see
INT: wisely to take of folly against I

Ecclesiastes 2:12
HEB:חָכְמָ֔ה וְהוֹלֵל֖וֹת וְסִכְל֑וּת כִּ֣י ׀ מֶ֣ה
NAS: madness and folly; for what
KJV: and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man
INT: wisdom madness and folly for what

Ecclesiastes 2:13
HEB:לַֽחָכְמָ֖ה מִן־ הַסִּכְל֑וּת כִּֽיתְר֥וֹן הָא֖וֹר
NAS: excels folly as light
KJV: excelleth folly, as far as light
INT: wisdom at folly excels light

Ecclesiastes 7:25
HEB:רֶ֣שַׁע כֶּ֔סֶל וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃
KJV: of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:
INT: the evil of folly of foolishness of madness

Ecclesiastes 10:1
HEB:מֵחָכְמָ֥ה מִכָּב֖וֹד סִכְל֥וּת מְעָֽט׃
NAS: so a little foolishness is weightier
KJV: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation
INT: wisdom honor foolishness A little

Ecclesiastes 10:13
HEB:דִּבְרֵי־ פִ֖יהוּ סִכְל֑וּת וְאַחֲרִ֣ית פִּ֔יהוּ
NAS: of his talking is folly and the end
KJV: of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end
INT: of the words of his mouth is folly and the end of his talk

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