כֶּסֶל
keçel · H3689 · Hebrew · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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loin
Area of the body located on both sides of the spine between the ribs the the hip; location where fat can accumulate
ExamplesLeviticus 3:4 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
Leviticus 3:10 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
Leviticus 3:15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
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confidence, trust
State where humans feel confident due to their reliance on God or something else for protection
ExamplesJob 8:14 His confidence is fragile, And his trust is a spider’s web.
Job 31:24 “If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,
Psalm 78:7 So that they would put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But comply with His commandments,
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foolishness, folly
State in which humans lack wisdom, possibly due to overconfidence, which can manifest itself, among other things, in relying on wealth rather than on God
ExamplesPsalm 49:13 This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah
Ecclesiastes 7:25 I directed my mind to know and to investigate, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of foolishness and the foolishness of insanity.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- יmy 2
- ךָyour 1
- הוּhis 1
- הֶםtheir 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מָלֵאto be full, to fill 1
- קוּטto loathe 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֶשַׁעwicked deeds 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 2 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 7
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- הוֹלֵלָה hôwlêlâh · H1947 · madness
- The target term denotes madness, while הֹולֵלֹות (הוֹלֵלָה (hôwlêlâh, H1947)) has senses including folly and assurance; both lie in the area of foolishness and madness, though הֹולֵלֹות has the broader range.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Confident002001002003
- This word's sense of "confidence" or "hope" describes a settled trust one places in something, so it belongs among words for confidence.
- Foolish002001002010
- The same word also carries the sense "folly," describing a lack of wisdom, so it also belongs among words for foolishness.
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3689. kesel כֶּ֫סֶל noun masculine 1 loins, 2 stupidity, 3 confidence (Late Hebrew id.…
כֶּ֫סֶל noun masculine
1 loins,
2 stupidity,
3 confidence (Late Hebrew id. lion; Aramaic כִּסְלָא id.); —
1 loins כָּ֑סֶל Job 15:27; plural כְּסָלִים Lev 3:4, Lev 3:10, Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4; suffix כְּסָלַי, Psa 38:8.
2 stupidity, folly ׳כ Ecc 7:25 (|| סִכְלוּת), כֵּסֶל Psa 49:14.
3 confidence, suffix כִּסְלִי Job 31:24; כִּסְלֶ֑ךָ Pro 3:26; כִּסְלוֺ Job 8:14; כִּסְלָם Psa 78:7.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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