סָכָל
çâkâl · saw-kawl'
silly
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5528 (סָכַל);
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), sottish.
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 סָכָל 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- man or a fool1 · 14%
- neither be thou foolish1 · 14%
- yea also, when he that is a fool1 · 14%
- to every one that he is a fool1 · 14%
- a fool1 · 14%
- me; they are sottish1 · 14%
- now this, o foolish1 · 14%
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.