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סִכְלוּת

sikh.lut

folly

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Strong’s H5531bNoun, feminine6 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

folly5

is folly1

In the text

Ecclesiastes 2:3בְּסִכְלוּת
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סִכְלוּת, שִׂכְלוּת n.f. folly

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.