Strong's Hebrew · H5530
סָכָל
çâkâl · saw-kawl'
Definitionsilly
Derivationfrom H5528 (סָכַל);
KJV usagefool(-ish), sottish.
Occurrences7 in the KJV · 6 verses
סָכָל in Scripture
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Ecclesiastes 10:3
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him , and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: