2 Samuel 15:31
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
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Foolishness
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1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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8 occurrences in 8 verses.
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אִוֶּלֶת
ʼivveleth · iv-veh'-leth
10 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
silliness
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 38:5Strong's last: Proverbs 27:22
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mōría · mo-ree'-ah
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
silliness, i.e. absurdity
Strong's KJV usage: :--foolishness.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 1:18Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 3:19
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çiklûwth · sik-looth'
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
silliness
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 7:25Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:13
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aphrosýnē · af-ros-oo'-nay
1 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: Mark 7:22Strong's last: Mark 7:22
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mōrós · mo-ros'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd
Strong's KJV usage: :--fool(-ish, X -ishness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 1:25Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 1:25
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çâkal · saw-kal'
1 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: 2 Samuel 15:31Strong's last: 2 Samuel 15:31
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H5528
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
H200
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
H200
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
H200
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
H200
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
H200
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
H200
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
H200
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
H200
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
H200
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
H200
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
H5531
I 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:
H5531
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
G877
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
G3472
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
G3472
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
G3472
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
G3474
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
G3472
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
G3472
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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foolishness
FOOL'ISHNESS, noun
1. Folly; want of understanding.
2. Foolish practice; want of wisdom or good judgment.
3. In a scriptural sense, absurdity; folly.
The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness 1 Corinthians 1:18.
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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