שִׂכְלוּת

sikh.lut

Hebrew H5531 Noun, feminine 7 occurrences in 7 verses
שִׂכְלוּת folly

folly, foolishness

Another spelling of sikh.lut (סִכְלוּת "folly" H5531B)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 7 verses

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:17 וְשִׂכְל֑וּת

    So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

  2. Ecclesiastes 2:3 בְּסִכְל֔וּת

    I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

  3. Ecclesiastes 2:12 וְסִכְל֑וּת

    Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

  4. Ecclesiastes 2:13 הַסִּכְל֑וּת

    And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

  5. Ecclesiastes 7:25 וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת

    I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

  6. Ecclesiastes 10:1 סִכְל֥וּת

    As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

  7. Ecclesiastes 10:13 סִכְל֑וּת

    The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

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