אֱוִיל
ʼĕvîyl · ev-eel'
(figuratively) silly
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);
(figuratively) silly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fool(-ish) (man).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱוִיל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fools2 · 8%
- but fools2 · 8%
- fool2 · 8%
- of the foolish2 · 8%
- a fool2 · 8%
- the foolish man1 · 4%
- the foolish1 · 4%
- or as a fool1 · 4%
- and the fool1 · 4%
- of a fool1 · 4%
- a fool's1 · 4%
- of fools1 · 4%
- even a fool1 · 4%
- but every fool1 · 4%
- for a fool1 · 4%
- but a fool's1 · 4%
- with a foolish1 · 4%
- are fools1 · 4%
- though fools1 · 4%
- is foolish1 · 4%
- is a fool1 · 4%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.