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Flank
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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כֶּסֶל, kesel, the loin of an animal (Job 14:27, where fatness is noted as a sign of self-pampering); elsewhere in the plur. for the internal muscles of the loins near the kidneys, to which the fat adheres, Gr. ψόαι (Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 3:10; Leviticus 3:15; Leviticus 4:9; Leviticus 7:4); hence the viscera in general, umetaphorically for the inmost feelings C" loins," Psalms 38:8). (See REINS).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Flank'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/flank.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Flank'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/f/flank.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
