Definition

silliness

Etymology

from the same as H191 (אֱוִיל);

Word family

• אֱוִיל ʼĕvîyl

How the KJV renders it

• folly
• foolishly(-ness)

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.