Genesis 31:28
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
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Foolishly
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2 Corinthians 11:21
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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סָכַל
çâkal · saw-kal'
5 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to be silly
Strong's KJV usage: do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 31:28Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 16:9
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aphrosýnē · af-ros-oo'-nay
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness
Strong's KJV usage: :--folly, foolishly(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:17Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:21
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ʼivveleth · iv-veh'-leth
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
silliness
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 14:17Strong's last: Proverbs 14:17
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hâlal · haw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form165 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 75:4Strong's last: Psalms 75:4
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yâʼal · yaw-al'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish
Strong's KJV usage: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
Strong's first: Numbers 12:11Strong's last: Numbers 12:11
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nâbêl · naw-bale'
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
Strong's KJV usage: disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, × surely, make vile, wither.
Strong's first: Proverbs 30:32Strong's last: Proverbs 30:32
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tiphlâh · tif-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
frivolity
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 1:22Strong's last: Job 1:22
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H5528
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
H2973
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.
H5528
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
H5528
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
H5528
And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
H5528
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
H8604
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
H1984
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
H200
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
H5034
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
G877
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
G877
I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
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foolishly
FOOL'ISHLY, adverb
1. Weakly; without understanding or judgment; unwisely; indiscreetly.
2. Wickedly; sinfully.
I have done very foolishly 2 Samuel 24:10.
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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