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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Foolish

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

52exact KJV occurrences 35Old Testament 17New Testament 19books containing the word 18mapped Strong's IDs 46occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 Peter 2:15

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where foolish appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG453
ἀνόητος

anóētos · an-o'-ay-tos

4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

unintelligent; by implication, sensual

Strong's KJV usage: :--fool(-ish), unwise.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Galatians 3:1Strong's last: Titus 3:3

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GreekG878
ἄφρων

áphrōn · af'-rone

2 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences

properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving

Strong's KJV usage: :--fool(-ish), unwise.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Romans 2:20Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:15

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HebrewH1984
הָלַל

hâlal · haw-lal'

2 times translated as this KJV form165 total Strong's occurrences

v

to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

Strong's KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.

Strong's first: Psalms 5:5Strong's last: Psalms 73:3

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HebrewH1198
בַּעַר

baʻar · bah'-ar

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid

Strong's KJV usage: brutish (person), foolish.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Psalms 73:22Strong's last: Psalms 73:22

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HebrewH3688
כָּסַל

kâçal · kaw-sal'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) silly

Strong's KJV usage: be foolish.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 10:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:8

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Clear
Isaiah 44:25
H5528

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

foolish

FOOL'ISH, adjective

1. Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character.

2. Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.

3. Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.

But foolish questions avoid. 2 Timothy 2:23.

4. Ridiculous; despicable.

A foolish figure he must make.

5. In scripture, wicked; sinful; acting without regard to the divine law and glory, or to one's own eternal happiness.

O foolish Galatians - Galatians 3:1.

6. Proceeding from depravity; sinful; as foolish lusts. 1 Timothy 6:9.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.