כֶּסֶל
keçel · keh'-sel
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
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3688 (כָּסַל);
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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads
The open hand that covers that works to support and uphold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֶּסֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that is upon them, which is by the flanks3 · 23%
- that is on them, which is by the flanks2 · 15%
- whose hope1 · 8%
- on his flanks1 · 8%
- my hope1 · 8%
- for my loins1 · 8%
- is their folly1 · 8%
- their hope1 · 8%
- shall be thy confidence1 · 8%
- of folly1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.