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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17

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Strong's #3685 - כְּסִיל

Transliteration

Kᵉçîyl

Phonetics

kes-eel'

Origin

the same as (H3684)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1011e

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

constellation, Orion
1. Orion, the constellation
2. constellation (general)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 521 ‑ ἀπαίδευτος (ap‑ah'ee‑dyoo‑tos); 765 ‑ ἀσεβής (as‑eb‑ace'); 801 ‑ ἀσύνετος (as‑oon'‑ay‑tos); 877 ‑ ἀφροσύνη (af‑ros‑oo'‑nay); 878 ‑ ἄφρων (af'‑rone); 1729 ‑ ἐνδεής (en‑deh‑ace'); 5424 ‑ φρήν (frane);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

BSB (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

CSB (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

ESV (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

KJV (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

LEB (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

LSB (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

N95 (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

NAS (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Job 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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 Isaiah 13:10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy.

List of Word Forms

וּכְסִ֗יל וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם וכסיל וכסיליהם כְּסִ֣יל כְּסִ֥יל כסיל kə·sîl keSil kəsîl ū·ḵə·sî·lê·hem ū·ḵə·sîl ucheSil ucheSileiHem ūḵəsîl ūḵəsîlêhem