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Lexicon :: Strong's H3689 - kesel

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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:4 - both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:10 - both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:15 - both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:9 - both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys—
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4 - both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:14 - What they trust in is fragile[fn]; what they rely on is a spider’s web.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:27 - “Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:24 - “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:7 - My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 - This is the fate of those who trust in themselves, and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:26 - for the LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.
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