כֶּ֫סֶל

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine13 occurrences5 books13 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כֶּ֫סֶל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

13 total
  1. Leviticus 3:4הַכְּסָלִ֑ים · the loins
    …both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
  2. Leviticus 3:10הַכְּסָלִ֑ים · the loins
    …both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
  3. Leviticus 3:15הַכְּסָלִ֑ים · the loins
    …both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
  4. Leviticus 4:9הַכְּסָלִ֑ים · the loins
    …both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys—
  5. Leviticus 7:4הַכְּסָלִ֑ים · the loins
    …both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
  6. Job 8:14כִּסְל֑וֹ · confidence
    His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
  7. Job 15:27כָֽסֶל׃ · and his waistline
    Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
  8. Job 31:24כִּסְלִ֑י · my trust
    If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,
  9. Psalm 38:7כְ֭סָלַי · my loins
    For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
  10. Psalm 49:13כֵּ֣סֶל · of the foolish
    This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah
  11. Psalm 78:7כִּ֫סְלָ֥ם · their confidence
    …that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
  12. Proverbs 3:26בְכִסְלֶ֑ךָ · your confidence
    …for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
  13. Ecclesiastes 7:25כֶּ֔סֶל · the stupidity
    I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.