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Thompson Chain Reference
• Wisdom-Folly
• Folly
The Topic Concordance
• Folly
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Josiah; Folly
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Fool, Folly
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Fool, Foolishness, Folly
Charles Buck Dictionary
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Speculations: Their Folly
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Fool, Foolishness, and Folly
King James Dictionary
• Folly
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Webster Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• Fool; Folly
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Folly
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܒ݁ܶܕ݂ܝܳܐ
• ܫܳܛܝܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• Oxymoron; or Wise-Folly
• ἄνοια
• ἀφροσύνη
• אִוֶּלֶת
• כְּסִילותּ
• כֶּסֶל , כֶּסֶל
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lit. signifies "without understanding" (a, negative, nous, "mind"); hence, "folly," or, rather, "senselessness," 2 Timothy 3:9; in Luke 6:11 it denotes violent or mad rage, "madness." See MADNESS. Cp. anoetos, "foolish."