1. fool, dullard — A stupid fellow, dullard, or fool -- one who is morally and intellectually obtuse, rejecting wisdom. The most common wisdom term for a fool in Proverbs, appearing 70 times total. Used extensively in Proverbs for the person who despises wisdom and discipline (Prov 1:32 the complacency of fools destroys them; 10:1 a foolish son is a grief to his mother; 10:18, 23; 12:23; 13:16, 19, 20; 14:7, 16, 24; 15:2, 7, 14, 20; 17:10, 12, 16, 21, 24, 25; 18:2, 6, 7; 19:1, 10, 29; 21:20; 23:9; 26:1-12), in Ecclesiastes for folly as the opposite of wisdom (Eccl 2:14, 16; 4:5; 5:1, 3, 4; 7:4-9; 10:2, 12, 15), in Psalms for moral blindness (Ps 49:11; 92:6; 94:8), and in prophetic literature (Isa 19:11; 35:8). The singular (kesil) and plural (kesilim) forms, with and without articles and prepositions, are all inflectional variants of the same lexeme designating the fool as a moral-intellectual type in the wisdom tradition. 70×
AR["الْجاهِلَ","الْجاهِلُ","الْجاهِلِ","جاهِلًا","جاهِلٌ","جاهِلٍ","جَاهِلٌ"]·ben["মূর্খ","মূর্খকে","মূর্খের"]·DE["Tor"]·EN["a-fool","fool","foolish","is-a-fool"]·FR["insensé"]·heb["כסיל"]·HI["मूर्ख","मूर्ख-का","मूर्ख-की","मूर्ख-के","मूर्ख-के।","मूर्ख-को","मूर्ख-है"]·ID["bebal","bodoh","orang-bebal","orang-bodoh","yang-bebal"]·IT["stolto"]·jav["bodho","kang-bodho","tiyang-bodho"]·KO["미련한","미련한-자-이다","어리석은","어리석은-자","어리석은-자-에게","어리석은-자-의","어리석은-자는","어리석은-자를","어리석은-자이니라"]·PT["insensato","tolo"]·RU["глупец","глупого","глупца","глупцу","глупый"]·ES["al-necio","necio","un-necio"]·SW["mpumbavu","ni-mpumbavu"]·TR["akılsız","akılsıza","akılsızdır","akılsızı","akılsızın"]·urd["احمق","احمق-","احمق-کا","احمق-کو","احمق-کی","احمق-کے","احمق-ہے"]
Ps 92:6, Prov 1:32, Prov 10:1, Prov 10:18, Prov 12:23, Prov 13:16, Prov 13:19, Prov 13:20, Prov 14:7, Prov 14:8, Prov 14:16, Prov 14:24 (+38 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
I. כְּסִיל70 n.m. stupid fellow, dullard, fool;—כ׳ ψ 49:11 + 44 times; pl. כְּסִילִים ψ 94:8 + 25 times;—‖ בער ψ 49:11; 92:7; 94:8, elsewhere only in WisdLt; he hates knowledge Pr 1:22; delights not in understanding 18:2; it is his sport to do mischief 10:23; his heart proclaimeth אִוֶּלֶת 12:23; his mouth poureth it forth 15:2, and feedeth on it 15:14.