סִכְלוּת çiklûwth
Meaning
silliness
In the King James Version: folly, foolishness.
Derivation: or שִׂכְלוּת; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528 (סָכַל);
Where it is used
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 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.
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 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?
- Ecclesiastes 2:13 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 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.
- Ecclesiastes 10:1 As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.