כְּסִיל kᵉçîyl

Meaning

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

In the King James Version: fool(-ish).

Derivation: from H3688 (כָּסַל);

Where it is used

• Ecclesiastes 6:8 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?
• Ecclesiastes 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
• Ecclesiastes 7:5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
• Ecclesiastes 7:6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
• Ecclesiastes 9:17 The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
• Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
• Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
• Ecclesiastes 10:15 The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.