# H5531 סִכְלוּת

סִכְלוּת (çiklûwth), Strong’s H5531: silliness KJV: folly, foolishness.. Occurs 7 times.

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*çiklûwth* — silliness

KJV: folly, foolishness.

Derived from [סָכַל çâkal](https://besorah.bible/word/H5528) (to be silly)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּת n.f. folly

## 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 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/2?v=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](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 2:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/2?v=13) — Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
- [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 10:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/10?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/10?v=13) — The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.