כְּסִיל
kᵉçîyl · kes-eel'
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3688 (כָּסַל);
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or 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).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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)
the open hand that covers › to support and uphold › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
The open hand that covers that works to support and uphold of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּסִיל 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
70 occurrences · 70 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of fools16 · 26%
- of a fool7 · 11%
- a fool5 · 8%
- the fool3 · 5%
- but a foolish3 · 5%
- is a fool2 · 3%
- to a fool2 · 3%
- but the fool2 · 3%
- of the foolish2 · 3%
- a foolish2 · 3%
- a fool's2 · 3%
- for a fool2 · 3%
- of the fool2 · 3%
- not; neither doth a fool1 · 2%
- and ye fools1 · 2%
- and fools1 · 2%
- and, ye fools1 · 2%
- but a fool1 · 2%
- to fools1 · 2%
- of a foolish1 · 2%
- into a fool1 · 2%
- and is a fool1 · 2%
- for the fool's1 · 2%
- not a fool1 · 2%
- so a fool1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.