H5531 סִכְלוּת
çiklûwth — silliness
KJV: folly, foolishness.
Derived from סָכַל çâkal (to be silly)
Occurs 7 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּת n.f. folly
Where it occurs
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 — I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 — I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of…
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 — I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been…
- Ecclesiastes 2:13 — Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 — 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 10:1 — Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 — The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.