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Lexicon :: Strong's H3685 - kᵊsîl

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כְּסִיל
Transliteration
kᵊsîl
Pronunciation
kes-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1011e

Strong’s Definitions

כְּסִיל Kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'; the same as H3684; any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one):—constellation, Orion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3685 in the following manner: Orion (3x), constellation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3685 in the following manner: Orion (3x), constellation (1x).

  1. constellation, Orion

    1. Orion, the constellation

    2. constellation (general)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּסִיל Kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'; the same as H3684; any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one):—constellation, Orion.
STRONGS H3685: Abbreviations
† II. כְּסִיל noun masculine Orion (relation to above √ obscure); — Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; also תְּפַתֵּחַ משְׁכוֺת כ׳ Job 38:31 the cords of Orion wilt (canst) thou let out ? (apparently some mythological allusion, see Di Che, to giant bound in skies; compare Homer 'Ωρίωνα δοκεύει, and σθέηος Ὠρίωνος); both times associated with the Pleiades; suffix כְּסִילֵיהֶם their Orions Isaiah 13:10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

9:9; 38:31

Isaiah

13:10

Amos

5:8

H3685

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Strong's Number H3685 matches the Hebrew כְּסִיל (kᵊsîl),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:9 - who made the Bear and Orion, the Plei'ades and the chambers of the south;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 - "Can you bind the chains of the Plei'ades, or loose the cords of Orion?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising and the moon will not shed its light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - He who made the Plei'ades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
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