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אֱוִיל H191
H191 is the Hebrew word אֱוִיל, transliterated ʼĕvîyl and said ev-eel'. The King James Version most often renders it fool.
What it means
(figuratively) silly.
Where it comes from
from an unused root (meaning to be perverse).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 26 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: fool(-ish) (man).
Verses using אֱוִיל
All 26 verses, quoted in full.
Job 5:2 · KJV
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5:3 · KJV
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Psalm 107:17 · KJV
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Proverbs 1:7 · KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 7:22 · KJV
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Proverbs 10:8 · KJV
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 10:10 · KJV
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 10:14 · KJV
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10:21 · KJV
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 11:29 · KJV
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 12:15 · KJV
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 12:16 · KJV
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Proverbs 14:3 · KJV
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 14:9 · KJV
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 15:5 · KJV
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 16:22 · KJV
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 17:28 · KJV
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 20:3 · KJV
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 24:7 · KJV
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 27:3 · KJV
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:22 · KJV
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 29:9 · KJV
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Isaiah 19:11 · KJV
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Isaiah 35:8 · KJV
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Jeremiah 4:22 · KJV
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Hosea 9:7 · KJV
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
Common questions
What does Strong's H191 mean?
H191 is the Hebrew word אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl), meaning (figuratively) silly.
How is H191 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it fool (8 times), fools (6 times), foolish (5 times), fool's (2 times), foolish man (1 time), among others.
How many times does H191 appear in the Bible?
אֱוִיל (ʼĕvîyl) is tagged in 26 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H191 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse).
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