- Original: סכל - Transliteration: Cakal - Phonetic: saw-kal' - Definition: 1. to be foolish, be a fool a. (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness b. (Niphal) to act or do foolishly c. (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool - Origin: for H3688 - TWOT entry: 1493 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: For H3688 ; to be silly: - do (make play the turn into) fool (-ish -ishly -ishness). Total KJV Occurrences: 8 • fool, 1 1 Samuel 26:21 • foolish, 1 Isaiah 44:25 • foolishly, 5 Genesis 31:28; 1 Samuel 13:13; 2 Samuel 24:10; 1 Chronicles 21:8; 2 Chronicles 16:9 • foolishness, 1 2 Samuel 15:31