# סִכְלוּת (sikhlut)

Israeli respelling: sikhlut. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5531. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

silliness

King James renderings: folly, foolishness.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/sikhlut-h5531

## Occurrences

- [Ecclesiastes 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/1/17) — And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
- [Ecclesiastes 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/3) — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what wa…
- [Ecclesiastes 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/12) — And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been…
- [Ecclesiastes 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/13) — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- [Ecclesiastes 7:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/25) — I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of…
- [Ecclesiastes 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/1) — Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdo…
- [Ecclesiastes 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/10/13) — The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.