כֶּסֶת
keçeth · H3704 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Thing
- Wristband, magic charmClothing2 verses
Meanings
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a band
A strip of cloth worn on one's wrist or arm, believed to have supernatural power
ExamplesEzekiel 13:18 and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to capture souls! Will you capture the souls of My people, but keep the souls of others alive for yourselves?
Ezekiel 13:20 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you capture souls there as birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let them go, those souls whom you capture as birds.
How it’s used In 5 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֶןyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צוּדto hunt 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תָּפַרto sew together 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הִנֵּהbehold 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵלto, toward 1
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
- מְרַאֲשָׁה mᵉraʼăshâh · H4763 · place at the head
- A head-place or bolster, something placed at the head for support or comfort, closely parallel to pillow in function (1 Sam 19:13, 16; 26:7, 11, 16)
In the other Testament 1 word
- προσκεφάλαιον proskephálaion · G4344 · cushion, pillow
- Greek translation equivalent for a pillow or cushion used for head support; the standard New Testament term for pillow (Mark 4:38)
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Clothing001003001001002
- This word denotes a pillow or cushion, a soft padded article associated with bedding and household textiles, so it is classed alongside clothing and fabric-related items.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3704. keseth [כֶּ֫סֶת] noun feminine band, fillet (= charm or amulet according to…
[כֶּ֫סֶת] noun feminine band, fillet (= charm or amulet according to Ehpraimitic source Syriac, φυλακτήρια according to ὁ Ἑβραῖος of Hexapl., compare RSJPh xiii, 286; in Late Hebrew כסת usually = cushion, bolster, pillow), only plural עַלֿ כְּסָתוֺת מְתַמְּרוֺת Eze 13:18 women sewing bands upon elbows; with suffix 2 feminine plural כִּסְתוֺתֵיכֶ֫נָה Eze 13:20.
כֶּסֶה see כֶּסֶא.
כִּסֵּה see כִּסֵּא.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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