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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 1948. הוֹלֵלוּת (holeluth) -- Folly, foolishness</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/1948.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/ecclesiastes/10-13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/1948.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 1948</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/1947.htm" title="1947">◄</a> 1948. holeluth <a href="../hebrew/1949.htm" title="1949">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">holeluth: Folly, foolishness</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">הוֹלֵלוּת</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>howleluwth<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ho-lay-looth<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ho-lay-looth')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Folly, foolishness<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>folly<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root verb הָלַל (halal), which means "to boast" or "to act foolishly."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - G877 (aphrosynē) - foolishness<p> - G3472 (moros) - foolish<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "holeluth" refers to a state of foolishness or folly, often characterized by a lack of wisdom or discernment. It is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe actions or behaviors that are contrary to wise and godly living. The word conveys a sense of moral and spiritual deficiency, highlighting the contrast between the wisdom of God and the folly of human actions.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, wisdom was highly valued and seen as a gift from God. The wisdom literature of the Bible, including books like Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, often contrasts wisdom with folly. "Holeluth" is used to describe behaviors that deviate from the path of righteousness and lead to negative consequences. In a society that valued communal harmony and adherence to God's laws, folly was seen as a threat to both personal and communal well-being.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/1984b.htm">halal</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>madness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>madness (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">הוֺלֵלוּת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> id. (formed unusually from the participle, an Aramaic formation, compare Ba<sup>NB 414 f.</sup>) <font class="hebrew2">תְּהִּלַּת דִּבְּרֵיפִֿיהוּ סִכְלוּת וְאַחֲרִית מִּיהוּ הוֺלֵלוּת רָעָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/10-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:13</a> <em>the beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, and the end of his mouth</em> (his speech) <em>is evil madness.</em> <p><font class="hebrew2">הַלֲלוּיָהּ</font>, <font class="hebrew2">הַלֲלוּיָהֿ</font> see <font class="hebrew2">הלל</font> </p><p style="sub1"> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>madness <p>From active participle of <a href="/hebrew/1984.htm">halal</a>; folly -- madness. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/1984.htm">halal</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הוֹלֵל֖וּת הוללות hō·w·lê·lūṯ holeLut hōwlêlūṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/10-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 10:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאַחֲרִ֣ית פִּ֔יהוּ <b> הוֹלֵל֖וּת </b> רָעָֽה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the end of it is wicked <span class="itali">madness.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of his talk [is] mischievous <span class="itali">madness.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/10-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the end of his talk <span class="itali">madness</span> mischievous<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1948.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1948.htm">Strong's Hebrew 1948<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/holelut_1948.htm">hō·w·lê·lūṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/1947.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1947"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1947" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/1949.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1949"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1949" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>