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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box Lev 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:4 - and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:10 - and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:15 - and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:9 - and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4 - the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:14 - His confidence is severed,
and his trust is a spider’s web.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:27 - because he has covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:24 - “If I have made gold my trust
or called fine gold my confidence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:7 - For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:13 - This is the path of those who have foolish confidence;
yet after them people approve of their boasts.[fn] Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget the works of God,
but keep his commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:26 - for the LORD will be your confidence
and will keep your foot from being caught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
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