Words the Bible translates as fool
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aphrōnἄφρωνfoolish, senseless: lacking the sound sense that comes from reckoning with God, so that a person's thinking and living both go wrong
- kesilכְּסִילfool: the dull, smug person who is settled in his folly, closed to correction, and trusts only himself
- mōrosμωρόςfoolish: lacking the good sense that leads to right action
- evilאֱוִילthe perverse fool: a person whose settled disposition rejects wisdom, correction, and the fear of God, not someone of low intelligence
- navalנָבָלthe sacrilegious scoundrel: one whose conduct ruptures the covenantal and communal order, not a person of low intelligence
- sakhalסָכָלfool: the person who simply has no sense, whose emptiness of judgment shows up in what he does and how much he talks
- rhakaῥακάempty-head: a casual term of contempt for someone treated as witless and worthless
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