# H1947 הוֹלֵלָה

הוֹלֵלָה (hôwlêlâh), Strong’s H1947: folly KJV: madness.. Occurs 4 times.

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*hôwlêlâh* — folly

KJV: madness.

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [הוֹלֵלָה] n.f. madness

## Where it occurs
- [Ecclesiastes 1:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/1?v=17) — I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
- [Ecclesiastes 2:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/2?v=12) — I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been…
- [Ecclesiastes 7:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/7?v=25) — I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to…
- [Ecclesiastes 9:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/9?v=3) — This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yes also, the heart of the sons of…