Hebrew a-m · H191
אֱוִיל
evilev-eel'
fool(ish)
26 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼĕvîyl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H191is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H191
(figuratively) silly
The King James renders it: fool(-ish) (man).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
evil is rendered "fool(ish)". It stands 26 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Nineteen of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 5:2לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a fool13
- fools5
- and a fool of2
- and fools2
- fool1
- for a fool1
- the fool1
- to a fool1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֱוִלִי | evili | foolish | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֱוִ֣יל4
- אֱ֝וִ֗יל3
- אֱ֭וִיל2
- אֱוִ֗יל2
- אֱ֭וִלִים2
- וֶאֱוִ֥יל2
- אֱ֝וִיל1
- אֱוִ֑יל1
- אֱוִֽיל׃1
- אֱוִילִ֥ים1
- אֱוִלִ֣ים1
- אֱוִלִים֙1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular14HAamsa
- adjective · masculine plural5HAampa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural2HC/Aampa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Aamsc
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular2HR/Aamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1HTd/Aamsa
Job
two uses
Psalms
one use
Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- אֱ֭וִלִיםʾevilimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: fools
Proverbs
nineteen uses
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- אֱוִילִ֥יםʾevilimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: fools
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
- אֱוִֽיל׃ʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
- וֶאֱוִ֥ילveevilconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a fool of
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
- וֶאֱוִ֥ילveevilconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a fool of
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
- אֱ֝וִילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗יםveevilimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and fools
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
- אֱ֝וִ֗ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- אֱ֭וִילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- אֱוִ֗ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- אֱ֭וִילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
- אֱ֭וִלִיםʾevilimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: fools
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- אֱוִ֗ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- אֱוִלִ֣יםʾevilimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: fools
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- אֱוִ֣ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- אֱ֝וִ֗ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: fool
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- לֶֽאֱוִ֣ילleevilpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: for a fool
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- אֱ֝וִ֗ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- הָאֱוִ֨יל׀haevilthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the fool
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
- אֱוִ֑ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
Isaiah
two uses
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- אֱוִלִים֙ʾevilimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: fools
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
- וֶאֱוִילִ֖יםveevilimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: and fools
Jeremiah
one use
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- אֱוִ֣ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
Hosea
one use
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
- אֱוִ֣ילʾeviladjective · masculine singulartagged: a fool
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.