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ho.le.lah H1947

הוֹלֵלָה (ho.le.lah) means “madness” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

הוֹלֵלָה Hebrew · H1947 4 tagged occurrences in 4 verses

Pronunciation guide: ho-lay-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1947

הוֹלֵלָה · ho.le.lah · madness

madness

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

feminine active participle of H1984 (הָלַל); folly

KJV glosses: madness.

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How translators render H1947

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
and madness 2
madness 1
of madness 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and madness 2
madness 2

Verses containing H1947

Page 1 of 1. 4 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Ecclesiastes 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

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  2. Ecclesiastes 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

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  3. Ecclesiastes 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

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  4. Ecclesiastes 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

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Sources and text

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