Strong's Lexicon

H191

H191 — אֱוִיל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebreweviyladjectiveOccurrences: 26TWOT: 44a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H191
Word:אֱוִיל
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from an unused root (meaning to be perverse)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:26
Transliteration:eviyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ev-eel'
Meaning:1. (figuratively) silly
KJV Renderings:fool(-ish) (man).

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BDB193

אֱוִיל26 adjective foolish׳ א Job 5:2 +; plural אֱוִילִים Ps 107:17 +, etc.; — foolish, Prov 29:9 (׳ אִישׁ א) Hos 9:7 (predicate of prophet); compare Isa 35:8, elsewhere noun masculine fool (always morally bad), who despises wisdom & discipline Prov 1:7; Prov 15:5 mocks at guilt Prov 14:9 is quarrelsome Prov 20:3 licentious Prov 7:22 it is folly & useless to instruct him Prov 16:22; Prov 27:22 (19 t. Proverbs); compare also Jer 4:22; Job 5:2; Job 5:3; Isa 19:11; Ps 107:17.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אויל (evee-lee’)

Zechariah 11:15

KJV: And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
EHCC: the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Exodus 32:30

KJV: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
EHCC: Peradventure I shall make an atonement

Numbers 22:33

KJV: And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
EHCC: unless she had turned from me

Joshua 9:7

KJV: And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
EHCC: Peradcenture ye dwell among us;

Joshua 14:12

KJV: Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.
EHCC: éf so be the Lord (will be) with me,

1 Kings 18:5

KJV: And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts
EHCC: peradventure we may find grass

2 Kings 19:4

KJV: It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.left: Heb. found
EHCC: 7 may be the Lord thy God will hear

Job 1:5

KJV: And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.continually: Heb. all the days
EHCC: it may be that my sons have sinned,

Hosea 8:7

KJV: For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.stalk: or, standing corn
EHCC: if ao be it yield,

Zephaniah 2:3

KJV: Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.
EHCC: 14 may be ye shall be hid ih the day
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