Lexical Definition

‎כְּסִיל‎ Kᵉçîyl (kes-eel') Orion ^N:N--T
the same as ‎כְּסִיל‎

constellation, Orion.

• any notable constellation
• specifically Orion (as if a burly one)

1) constellation, Orion
1a) Orion, the constellation
1b) constellation (general)

See Greek: ἀπαίδευτος · ἀσεβής · ἀσύνετος · ἀφροσύνη · ἄφρων · ἐνδεής · φρήν

Extended Information

• Constellation of Orion

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎כְּסִיל‎ noun masculine Orion (relation to above √ obscure); — Amos 5:8; Job 9:9 also ‎תְּפַתֵּחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎משְׁכוֺת כ‎ Job 38:31 the cords of Orion wilt (canst) thou let out ? (apparently some mythological allusion, see Di Che, to giant bound in skies; compare Homer 'Ωρίωνα δοκεύει, and σθέηος Ὠρίωνος); both times associated with the Pleiades; suffix ‎כְּסִילֵיהֶם‎ their Orions Isa 13:10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy.

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