H200

אִוֶּלֶת

ʼivveleth · iv-veh'-leth

silliness

Lexicon

Derivation: from the same as H191 (אֱוִיל);

silliness

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: folly, foolishly(-ness).

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)
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads › the mark, the covenant sign

Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads of the mark, the covenant sign.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִוֶּלֶת 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

25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

foolishness3 · 12%
folly3 · 12%
is folly2 · 8%
according to his folly2 · 8%
of my foolishness1 · 4%
my foolishness1 · 4%
of his folly1 · 4%
his folly1 · 4%
but the foolish1 · 4%
but the folly1 · 4%
foolishly1 · 4%
but the foolishness1 · 4%
on foolishness1 · 4%
in his folly1 · 4%
it, it is folly1 · 4%
the foolishness1 · 4%
of foolishness1 · 4%
to his folly1 · 4%
yet will not his foolishness1 · 4%

Where it is used, by book.

Psalms2
Proverbs23

Inflected forms found in the text.

אִוֶּֽלֶת׃7כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ2אִוֶּ֣לֶת2אִ֭וֶּלֶת2אִוֶּ֑לֶת2בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃1אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ פ1אִוֶּ֥לֶת1בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃1וְ֝אִוֶּ֗לֶת1וְאִוֶּ֖לֶת1לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑י1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.