Definition

silliness

Etymology

or שִׂכְלוּת; (Ecclesiastes 1:17), from H5528 (סָכַל);

Word family

• סָכַל çâkal

How the KJV renders it

• folly
• foolishness

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.