כְּסִיל kesil
Hebrew word for “fool” · Strong’s H3684 · used 70 times in 69 verses
Meaning
fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one
How it is translated
Glosses given for kesil in context, with how often each is used:
- fool 45
- fools 24
- among fools 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 49 | 7.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 18 | 6.0 | |
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 26 (11), Proverbs 17 (6), Proverbs 14 (5), Proverbs 15 (4), Proverbs 19 (4), Ecclesiastes 7 (4), Proverbs 10 (3), Proverbs 13 (3), Proverbs 18 (3), Ecclesiastes 2 (3)
Forms
- כסיל 26
- כסילים 17
- וכסיל 6
- לכסיל 6
- הכסיל 6
- וכסילים 4
- הכסילים 2
- בכסילים 2
- והכסיל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with kesil more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חָכָם chakham “wise” 22
- אִוֶּלֶת ivvelet “folly” 10
- לֵב lev “heart” 11
- בִּין bin “to understand” 8
- דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 7
- שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 7
- חׇכְמָה chokhmah “wisdom” 6
- פֶּה peh “lip” 7
- יָדַע yada “to know” 8
- עָרוּם arum “prudent” 3
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 8
- פֶּתִי peti “simple” 3
Key verses
The verses using kesil that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 94:8 — Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Proverbs 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 1:32 — For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
- Proverbs 14:8 — The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Proverbs 14:16 — A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
- Proverbs 18:6 — A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
- Proverbs 26:12 — Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 — Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12 — The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
See all 69 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.