2 Samuel 13:13
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
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Fools
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Ephesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl · kes-eel'
22 times translated as this KJV form70 total Strong's occurrences
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
Strong's KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Strong's first: Psalms 94:8Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 9:17
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ʼĕvîyl · ev-eel'
7 times translated as this KJV form26 total Strong's occurrences
(figuratively) silly
Strong's KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Strong's first: Psalms 107:17Strong's last: Isaiah 35:8
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mōrós · mo-ros'
3 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: Matthew 23:17Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 4:10
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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.
Strong's first: Luke 11:40Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:19
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hâlal · haw-lal'
2 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: Job 12:17Strong's last: Psalms 75:4
Open full H1984 profile →נָבָל
nâbâl · naw-bawl'
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
stupid; wicked (especially impious)
Strong's KJV usage: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 13:13Strong's last: Job 30:8
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anóētos · an-o'-ay-tos
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
unintelligent; by implication, sensual
Strong's KJV usage: :--fool(-ish), unwise.
Strong's first: Luke 24:25Strong's last: Luke 24:25
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ásophos · as'-of-os
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
unwise
Strong's KJV usage: :--fool.
Strong's first: Ephesians 5:15Strong's last: Ephesians 5:15
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mōraínō · mo-rah'-ee-no
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton
Strong's KJV usage: :--become fool, make foolish, lose savour.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 1:22Strong's last: Romans 1:22
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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).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 19:13Strong's last: Isaiah 19:13
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H191
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
H2973
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
H191
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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fool
FOOL, noun [Heb.]
1. One who is destitute of reason, or the common powers of understanding; an idiot. Some persons are born fools, and are called natural fools; others may become fools by some injury done to the brain.
2. In common language, a person who is somewhat deficient in intellect, but not an idiot; or a person who acts absurdly; one who does not exercise his reason; one who pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
3. In scripture, fool is often used for a wicked or depraved person; one who acts contrary to sound wisdom in his moral deportment; one who follows his own inclinations, who prefers trifling and temporary pleasures to the service of God and eternal happiness.
The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. Psalms 14:1.
4. A weak christian; a godly person who has much remaining sin and unbelief.
O fools, and slow of heart to believe all the prophets have written. Luke 24:25.
Also, one who is accounted or called a fool by ungodly men. 1 Corinthians 4:10.
5. A term of indignity and reproach.
To be thought knowing, you must first put the fool upon all mankind.
6. One who counterfeits folly; a buffoon; as a king's fool
I scorn, although their drudge, to be their fool or jester.
1. To play the fool to act the buffoon; to jest; to make sport.
2. To act like one void of understanding.
To put the fool on, to impose on; to delude.
To make a fool of, to frustrate; to defeat; to disappoint.
FOOL, verb intransitive To trifle; to toy; to spend time in idleness, sport or mirth.
Is this a time for fooling?
FOOL, verb transitive
1. To treat with contempt; to disappoint; to defeat; to frustrate; to deceive; to impose on.
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; for fooled with hope, men favor the deceit.
2. To infatuate; to make foolish.
3. To cheat; as, to fool one out of his money.
1. To fool away, to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage; as, to fool away time.
2. To spend for things of no value or use; to expend improvidently; as, to fool away money.
FOOL, noun A liquid made of gooseberries scalded and pounded, with cream.
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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