Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5531
סִכְלוּת
sikluthsik-looth'
folly; folly
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çiklûwth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5531is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5531
silliness
The King James renders it: folly, foolishness.
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
sikluth is rendered "folly; folly". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Seven of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "folly".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ecclesiastes 1:17So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:17וְשִׂכְל֑וּת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's seven uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: folly, and folly.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| follyStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereEcclesiastes 1:17So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too… |
| follyStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and folly2
- folly2
- and the folly1
- on folly1
- the folly1
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 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 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
- בְּסִכְל֔וּת1
- הַסִּכְל֑וּת1
- וְהַסִּכְל֖וּת1
- וְסִכְל֑וּת1
- וְשִׂכְל֑וּת1
- סִכְל֥וּת1
- סִכְל֑וּת1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa
Ecclesiastes
seven uses
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- וְשִׂכְל֑וּתvesikhlutconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and folly
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
- בְּסִכְל֔וּתbesikhlutpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: on folly
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?
- וְסִכְל֑וּתvesikhlutconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and folly
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
- הַסִּכְל֑וּתhasikhlutthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the folly
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.
- וְהַסִּכְל֖וּתvehasikhlutconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the folly
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
- סִכְל֥וּתsikhlutnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: folly
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
- סִכְל֑וּתsikhlutnoun · feminine singulartagged: folly
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.