Words the Bible translates as stupid
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kesilכְּסִילfool: the dull, smug person who is settled in his folly, closed to correction, and trusts only himself
- sakhalסָכָלfool: the person who simply has no sense, whose emptiness of judgment shows up in what he does and how much he talks
- ba'arבַּעַרstupidnot studied yet
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