סָכַל
çâkal · saw-kal'
to be silly
Lexicon
Derivation: for H3688 (כָּסַל);
to be silly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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)
to support and uphold › the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads
To support and uphold of the open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָכַל 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- foolishly2 · 25%
- thou hast now done foolishly1 · 13%
- thou hast done foolishly1 · 13%
- behold, i have played the fool1 · 13%
- into foolishness1 · 13%
- toward him. herein thou hast done foolishly1 · 13%
- foolish1 · 13%
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.