Hebrew noun (feminine) · H200
אִוֶּלֶת
ivvelethiv-veh'-leth
folly
25 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼivveleth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H200is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H200
silliness
The King James renders it: folly, foolishly(-ness).
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
ivveleth is rendered "folly". It stands 25 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Twenty-three of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 38:5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Psalms 38:5אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-three of the word's twenty-five uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- foolishness11
- according to foolishness his2
- folly2
- folly of2
- foolishness his2
- in foolishness his2
- and a foolish woman1
- and foolishness of1
- folly my1
- to folly my1
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.
All 25, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 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
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃7
- אִוֶּ֑לֶת2
- אִ֭וֶּלֶת2
- אִוֶּ֣לֶת2
- כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ2
- אִוֶּ֖לֶת1
- אִוֶּ֥לֶת1
- אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ1
- אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ פ1
- אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃1
- בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃1
- בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular13HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs
Psalms
two uses
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
- אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃ʾivaltinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: folly my
You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑יleivaltipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to folly my
Proverbs
twenty-three uses
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
- אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹʾivaltonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foolishness his
A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- וְ֝אִוֶּ֗לֶתveiveletconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a foolish woman
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- וְאִוֶּ֖לֶתveiveletconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and foolishness of
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- אִוֶּ֑לֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- אִוֶּ֑לֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
- אִוֶּ֖לֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: folly of
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: folly
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
- אִ֭וֶּלֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
- בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃beivaltopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in foolishness his
He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
- אִוֶּ֥לֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: folly
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
- אִוֶּ֣לֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: folly of
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- אִ֭וֶּלֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
- אִוֶּ֣לֶתʾiveletnoun · feminine singulartagged: foolishness
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹkeivaltopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to foolishness his
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹkeivaltopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to foolishness his
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃veivaltopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in foolishness his
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ פʾivaltonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: foolishness his
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.