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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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52 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Ecclesiastes 7:17
H5530

Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

Ecclesiastes 10:15
H3684

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

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;

Jeremiah 4:22
H191

For 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.

Jeremiah 5:4
H2973

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 5:21
H5530

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Jeremiah 10:8
H3688

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Lamentations 2:14
no direct Strong's tag

Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

Ezekiel 13:3
H5036

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Zechariah 11:15
H196

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Matthew 7:26
G3474

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Matthew 25:3
G3474

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

Matthew 25:8
G3474

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

Romans 1:21
G801

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Romans 2:20
G878

An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

Romans 10:19
G801

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

1 Corinthians 1:20
G3471

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

1 Corinthians 1:27
no direct Strong's tag

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Galatians 3:1
G453

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

Galatians 3:3
G453

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Ephesians 5:4
no direct Strong's tag

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

1 Timothy 6:9
G453

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

2 Timothy 2:23
G3474

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

Titus 3:3
G453

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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.

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