ke.sil H3684

כְּסִיל (ke.sil) means “fool” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

כְּסִיל Hebrew · H3684 70 tagged occurrences in 69 verses

Pronunciation guide: kes-eel' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3684

כְּסִיל · ke.sil · fool

fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H3688 (כָּסַל); properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

KJV glosses: fool(-ish).

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How translators render H3684

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of a fool	10
of fools	10
a fool	9
the fool	5
but a foolish	4
a foolish	3
for a fool	3
of the fool	3
a fools	2
but a fool	2
is a fool	2
o fools	2
to a fool	2
among fools	1
and a fool	1
and fools	1
and the foolish	1
but foolish	1
but fools	1
but the fool	1
fools	1
in fools	1
should the fool	1
so a fool	1
than a fool	1
to fools	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
of fools	16
a fool	7
of a fool	7
but a foolish	3
the fool	3
a foolish	2
a fools	2
but the fool	2
for a fool	2
of the fool	2
of the foolish	2
to a fool	2
among fools	1
and a fools	1
and foolish	1
and fools	1
and is a fool	1
and ye fools	1
as the fool	1
but a fool	1
but a fools	1
fools	1
for the fools	1
in fools	1
into a fool	1
is a fool	1
not a fool	1
not neither doth a fool	1
of a foolish	1
than the fool	1
to fools	1
to the fool	1

Verses containing H3684

Page 2 of 2. 69 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Proverbs 29:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
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Proverbs 29:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
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Ecclesiastes 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
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Ecclesiastes 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
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Ecclesiastes 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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Source alternate reference: 4.17
Ecclesiastes 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
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Source alternate reference: 5.2
Ecclesiastes 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
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Source alternate reference: 5.3
Ecclesiastes 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
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Ecclesiastes 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
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Ecclesiastes 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
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Ecclesiastes 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
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Ecclesiastes 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
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Ecclesiastes 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
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Ecclesiastes 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
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Ecclesiastes 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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Ecclesiastes 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
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