כֶּסֶל kesel

Hebrew word for “loin” · Strong’s H3689 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

1) loins, flank; 2) stupidity, folly; 3) confidence, hope

How it is translated

Glosses given for kesel in context, with how often each is used:

• loins 7
• confidence 4
• stupidity 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 3 (3), Leviticus 4 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Job 8 (1), Job 15 (1), Job 31 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 49 (1), Psalms 78 (1), Proverbs 3 (1)

Forms

• הכסלים 5
• כסל 3
• כסלי 2
• כסלו 1
• כסלם 1
• בכסלך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kesel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יֹתֶרֶת yoteret “lobe” 5
• כָּבֵד kaved “liver” 5
• חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 6
• כִּלְיָה kilyah “kidney” 5
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 5
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 5
• מִבְטָח mivtach “confidence” 2
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 2

Key verses

The verses using kesel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 3:4 — And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
• Leviticus 3:10 — And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
• Leviticus 3:15 — And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
• Leviticus 4:9 — And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
• Job 8:14 — Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
• Job 15:27 — Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
• Job 31:24 — If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
• Psalms 38:7 — For my loins are filled with a loathsome and there is no soundness in my flesh.
• Psalms 49:13 — This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
• Psalms 78:7 — That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
• Proverbs 3:26 — For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25 — I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.