# סָכָל (sakhal)

Israeli respelling: sa-khal. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5530. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

silly

King James renderings: fool(-ish), sottish.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/sakhal-h5530

## Occurrences

- [Ecclesiastes 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/19) — And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I…
- [Ecclesiastes 7:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/17) — Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
- [Ecclesiastes 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/3) — Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
- [Ecclesiastes 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/14) — A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
- [Jeremiah 4:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/22) — 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, bu…
- [Jeremiah 5:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/5/21) — Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: