שִׂכְלוּת
sikh.lut
folly, foolishness
Another spelling of sikh.lut (סִכְלוּת "folly" H5531B)
folly, foolishness
Also means: sikh.lut (שִׂכְלוּת "folly" H5531A)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 7 verses
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- Ecclesiastes 2:13 הַסִּכְל֑וּת
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 10:1 סִכְל֥וּת
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 סִכְל֑וּת
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.