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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: 5759. עֲוִילִים (avil) -- Fool</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/5759.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.js'></script></head><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/job/21-11.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/5759.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> > 5759</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/5758.htm" title="5758">◄</a> 5759. avil <a href="../hebrew/5760.htm" title="5760">►</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">avil: Fool</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">אֱוִיל</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>avil<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-veel<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(av-eel')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Fool<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a babe<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root אָוַל (aval), meaning to be foolish or to act foolishly.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint and the New Testament is μωρός (moros), Strong's Greek #3474, which also means foolish or stupid.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "avil" is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a person who is foolish, lacking in wisdom, or morally deficient. It often conveys a sense of someone who is not only ignorant but also stubbornly resistant to wisdom and instruction. The fool, in this context, is not merely someone who lacks knowledge but is someone who rejects the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 1:7).<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, wisdom was highly valued and was seen as a gift from God. The wisdom literature, including books like Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job, often contrasts the wise with the foolish. A fool, or "avil," was someone who lived in opposition to the divine order and moral law established by God. This term is often used in a moral and ethical sense, highlighting the fool's rejection of God's ways and the resulting consequences.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a young boy<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>little ones (1), young children (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> I. [<font class="hebrew2">עֲוִיל</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>young boy</b></font>; — plural <font class="hebrew2">עֲוִילִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/19-18.htm">Job 19:18</a>; suffix <font class="hebrew2">עֲוִילֵיהֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-11.htm">Job 21:11</a>. — II.<font class="hebrew2">עֲוִיל</font> below III. <font class="hebrew2">עול</font>. below <p>III. <font class="hebrew2">עול</font> (√ of following, compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb073206.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb073207.gif"> <em>deviate from</em> (right course); Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb073208.gif"> Aph`el <em>act unjustly</em>, and many derivatives, <font class="hebrew2">עַוְלָא</font> <em>unrighteousness</em>; Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb073209.gif"> <em>pervert, corrupt</em>). <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>young child, little one <p>From <a href="/hebrew/5764.htm">uwl</a>; a babe -- young child, little one. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5764.htm">uwl</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>עֲ֭וִילִים עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם עויליהם עוילים ‘ă·wî·lê·hem ‘ă·wî·lîm ‘ăwîlêhem ‘ăwîlîm avileiHem Avilim<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/job/19-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 19:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> גַּם־ <b> עֲ֭וִילִים </b> מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Even <span class="itali">young children</span> despise<br><a href="/kjvs/job/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Yea, young children</span> despised<br><a href="/interlinear/job/19-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Even <span class="itali">young</span> despise rise<p><b><a href="/text/job/21-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 21:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן <b> עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם </b> וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> They send <span class="itali">forth their little ones</span> like the flock,<br><a href="/kjvs/job/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> They send forth <span class="itali">their little ones</span> like a flock,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/21-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> send the flock <span class="itali">their little</span> and their children skip<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5759.htm">2 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5759.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5759<br>2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/avileihem_5759.htm">‘ă·wî·lê·hem — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/avilim_5759.htm">‘ă·wî·lîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><br /><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'; 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