Definition

foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment

Etymology

feminine of H5036 (נָבָל);

Where the KJV renders it

• folly
• vile
• villany

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.

What the first audience heard

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