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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, which is on the loins H3689, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which 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, which is on the loins H3689, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which 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, which is on the loins H3689, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which 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, which is on the loins H3689, and the [fn]lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4 - and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins H3689, and the lobe on the liver he shall remove with the kidneys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:14 -

Whose confidence H3689 is fragile,

And whose trust a spider’s [fn]web.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:27 -

“For he has covered his face with his fat

And made his thighs H3689 heavy with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:24 -

“If I have put my confidence H3689 in gold,

And called fine gold my trust,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:7 -

For my loins H3689 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 way of those who are foolish H3689,

And of those after them who are pleased [fn]with their words. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 -

That they should set their confidence H3689 in God

And not forget the deeds of God,

But observe His commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:26 -

For Yahweh will be [fn]your confidence H3689

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, to explore, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the wickedness of foolishness H3689 and the simpleminded folly of madness.
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