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Lexicon :: Strong's H3689 - kesel

Aa
כֶּסֶל
Transliteration
kesel
Pronunciation
keh'-sel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1011a

Strong’s Definitions

כֶּסֶל keçel, keh'-sel; from H3688; properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust:—confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H3689 in the following manner: flank (6x), hope (3x), folly (2x), loins (1x), confidence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H3689 in the following manner: flank (6x), hope (3x), folly (2x), loins (1x), confidence (1x).

  1. loins, flank

  2. stupidity, folly

  3. confidence, hope

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֶּסֶל keçel, keh'-sel; from H3688; properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust:—confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
STRONGS H3689: Abbreviations
† כֶּ֫סֶל noun masculine 1. loins, 2. stupidity, 3. confidence (Late Hebrew id. lion; Aramaic כִּסְלָא id.); —
1. loins כָּ֑סֶל Job 15:27; plural כְּסָלִים Leviticus 3:4, 10, 15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4; suffix כְּסָלַי, Psalm 38:8.
2. stupidity, folly כ׳ Ecclesiastes 7:25 (|| סִכְלוּת), כֵּסֶל Psalm 49:14.
3. confidence, suffix כִּסְלִי Job 31:24; כִּסְלֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 3:26; כִּסְלוֺ Job 8:14; כִּסְלָם Psalm 78:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

3:4; 3:10; 3:15; 4:9; 7:4

Job

8:14; 15:27; 31:24

Psalms

38:8; 49:14; 78:7

Proverbs

3:26

Ecclesiastes

7:25

H3689

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3689 matches the Hebrew כֶּסֶל (kesel),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:4 - And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:10 - And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:15 - And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, let him take away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:9 - And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4 - And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:14 - Whose support is cut off, and whose hope is no stronger than a spider's thread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:27 - Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:24 - If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:7 - For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 - This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:26 - For the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.
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