Holelah הוֹלֵלָה
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| הוֹלֵלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | holelah |
| Strong's number | H1947 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | madness |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
Holelah (Hebrew הוֹלֵלָה, Strong's H1947) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “madness”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
madness
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | madness (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | madness (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Holelah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
- Ecclesiastes 7:25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).