אִוֶּלֶת ivvelet
Hebrew word for “folly” · Strong’s H200 · used 25 times in 24 verses
Meaning
foolishness, folly
How it is translated
Glosses given for ivvelet in context, with how often each is used:
- foolishness 18
- folly 6
- foolish woman 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 14 (6), Proverbs 15 (3), Proverbs 26 (3), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Proverbs 5 (1), Proverbs 12 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Proverbs 17 (1)
Forms
- אולת 15
- אולתו 2
- ואולת 2
- באולתו 2
- כאולתו 2
- אולתי 1
- לאולתי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ivvelet more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 10
- עָרוּם arum “prudent” 4
- דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 5
- חָכָם chakham “wise” 4
- לֵב lev “heart” 5
- מוּסָר musar “discipline” 3
- קָצֵר qatser “short” 2
- אֱוִיל evil “fool(ish)” 2
- תְּבוּנָה tavunah “understanding” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 3
- פֶּן־ pen “lest” 2
- בִּין bin “to understand” 2
Key verses
The verses using ivvelet that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Proverbs 13:16 — Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
- Proverbs 14:1 — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
- Proverbs 14:8 — The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Proverbs 14:17 — He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
- Proverbs 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Proverbs 15:2 — The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
- Proverbs 19:3 — The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
- Proverbs 22:15 — Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- Proverbs 24:9 — The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
- Proverbs 26:4 — Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
- Proverbs 26:5 — Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
- Proverbs 27:22 — Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
See all 24 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.