Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H3684כְּסִילke.sil
foolPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
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70 occurrences in 69 verses
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A fool spendeth all his spirit; but a wise man stilleth it within him.
כְסִ֑יל khe.Sil “a fool”
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.
לִכְסִ֣יל (כְסִ֣יל) kh.Sil “a fool”
The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. And I also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
וְהַכְּסִ֖יל (כְּסִ֖יל) ke.Sil “fool”
Then said I in my heart: 'As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?' Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
הַכְּסִיל֙ (כְּסִיל֙) ke.Sil “fool”
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will long ago have been forgotten. And how must the wise man die even as the fool!
הַכְּסִ֖יל (כְּסִ֖יל) ke.Sil “fool”הַכְּסִֽיל׃ (כְּסִֽיל) ke.Sil “fool”
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
הַכְּסִיל֙ (כְּסִיל֙) ke.Sil “fool”
Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
וּכְסִ֔יל (כְסִ֔יל) khe.Sil “a fool”
Guard thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be ready to hearken: it is better than when fools give sacrifices; for they know not that they do evil.
הַכְּסִילִ֖ים (כְּסִילִ֖ים) ke.si.Lim “fools”
For a dream cometh through a multitude of business; and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.
כְּסִ֖יל ke.Sil “a fool”
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou vowest.
בַּכְּסִילִ֑ים (כְּסִילִ֑ים) ke.si.Lim “fools”
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or the poor man that hath understanding, in walking before the living?
הַכְּסִ֑יל (כְּסִ֑יל) ke.Sil “fool”
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
כְּסִילִ֖ים ke.si.Lim “fools”
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
כְּסִילִֽים׃ ke.si.Lim “fools”
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.
הַכְּסִ֑יל (כְּסִ֑יל) ke.Sil “fool”
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
כְּסִילִ֖ים ke.si.Lim “fools”
The words of the wise spoken in quiet are more acceptable than the cry of a ruler among fools.
בַּכְּסִילִֽים׃ (כְּסִילִֽים) ke.si.Lim “fools”
A wise man's understanding is at his right hand; but a fool's understanding at his left.
כְּסִ֖יל ke.Sil “a fool”
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
כְּסִ֖יל ke.Sil “a fool”
The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
הַכְּסִילִ֖ים (כְּסִילִ֖ים) ke.si.Lim “fools”