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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.
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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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“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

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“the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins, and the fatty lobe of the liver above the kidneys.

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“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

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“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins. He will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys,

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“and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.

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His source of confidence is fragile;[fn]

what he trusts in is a spider’s web.

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Though his face is covered with fat[fn]

and his waistline bulges with it,

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If I placed my confidence in gold

or called fine gold my trust,

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For my insides are full of burning pain,

and there is no soundness in my body.

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This is the way of those who are arrogant,

and of their followers,

who approve of their words.[fn]Selah

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so that they might put their confidence in God

and not forget God’s works,

but keep his commands.

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for the LORD will be your confidence[fn]

and will keep your foot from a snare.

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I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and examine wisdom and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.

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