Strong's Lexicon

H200

H200 — אִוֶּלֶת

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

Hebrewivvelethnoun femOccurrences: 25TWOT: 44c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H200
Word:אִוֶּלֶת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from the same as H191
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:25
Transliteration:ivveleth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:iv-veh'-leth
Meaning:1. silliness
KJV Renderings:folly, foolishly(-ness).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB195

אִוֶּ֫לֶת25 noun feminine folly — absolute Prov 12:23 +; construct Prov 14:8 +; suffix אִוַּלְתִּי Ps 38:6, etc.; — folly, special product of כְּסִילִים (see כֶּסֶל ) Prov 12:23 + (12 t.); with פְּתָאִים Prov 14:18 with אֱוִלִיים only Prov 16:22; Prov 27:22 for alliteration. It is bound up in mind of boy, to be removed only by rod of discipline Prov 22:15 ׳ א personified tears down house built by חַכְמוֺת נָשִׁים Prov 14:1 it is contrasted with תְּבוּנָה Prov 14:29; Prov 15:21.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אולת (iv-veh-leth)

Psalms 38:5

KJV: My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
EHCC: (6). corrupt because of my foolishness.

Psalms 69:5

KJV: O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.sins: Heb. guiltiness
EHCC: (6).O God, thou knowest my foolishness ;

Psalms 12:23

EHCC: agers foolishness. 7

Psalms 18:16

KJV: He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.many: or, great
EHCC: but a fool layeth open (his) folly.

Psalms 14:4

KJV: Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord.
EHCC: the foolish plueketh it down

Psalms 15:2

KJV: He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
EHCC: mouth of fools poureth out foolishness

Psalms 16:22

EHCC: the instruction of fools (is) folly.

Psalms 17:12

KJV: Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.Like…: Heb. The likeness of him (that is, of every one of them) is as a lion that desireth to ravinlurking: Heb. sitting
EHCC: rather than a fool inhis fe ly.

Psalms 19:3

KJV: There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.where…: or, without these their voice is heard: Heb. without their voice heard
EHCC: The foolishness of man perverteth his way:

Psalms 22:18

KJV: They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
EHCC: Polisi Gey pound in tahun, ofa

Psalms 24:9

KJV: Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
EHCC: The thought of foolishness (is) sin:

Psalms 26:4

KJV: I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
EHCC: Answer not a fool according to his folly,

Psalms 11:8

EHCC: fool returneth to his folly.

Psalms 27:22

EHCC: (yet) will not his foolishness depart from
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