Definition

to be silly

Etymology

for H3688 (כָּסַל);

Word family

• כָּסַל kâçal

How the KJV renders it

• do (make
• play the
• turn into) fool(-ish
• -ishly
• -ishness)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.