Sakhal סָכָל
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| סָכָל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | sakhal |
| Strong's number | H5530 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | fool |
| Occurrences | 7 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ecclesiastes (4) |
Sakhal (Hebrew סָכָל, Strong's H5530) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “fool”. It occurs 7 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
fool
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fool (4), foolish (2), sottish (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | fool (2), foolish (1), is a fool (1), yet the fool (1), are foolish (1), o foolish (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Sakhal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
- Ecclesiastes 10:3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 4:22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Jeremiah 5:21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
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).