Lexical Definition

‎כֶּסֶל‎ keçel (keh'-sel) loin ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּסַל‎

confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.

• 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

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

See Greek: ἐλπίς · μηρός · σκάνδαλον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כֶּ֫סֶל‎ noun masculine

1. loins,

2. stupidity,

3. confidence (Late Hebrew id. lion; Aramaic ‎כִּסְלָא‎ id.); —

1. loins ‎כָּ֑סֶל‎ Job 15:27 plural ‎כְּסָלִים‎ Lev 3:4; Lev 3:10; Lev 3:15; Lev 4:9; Lev 7:4 suffix ‎כְּסָלַי‎, Ps 38:8*.

2. stupidity, folly ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Eccl 7:25 (|| ‎סִכְלוּת‎), ‎כֵּסֶל‎ Ps 49:14*.

3. confidence, suffix ‎כִּסְלִי‎ Job 31:24 ‎כִּסְלֶ֑ךָ‎ Prov 3:26 ‎כִּסְלוֺ‎ Job 8:14 ‎כִּסְלָם‎ Ps 78:7.

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