H3689 - כֶּסֶל (keçel)

H3689 כֶּסֶל (keçel) keh'-sel

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 3688; 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

KJV Usage: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כֶּ֫סֶל (ke.sel) — loin. 1) loins, flank 2) stupidity, folly 3) confidence, hope

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כֶּסֶל (H3689)

noun m

loin = area of the body located on both sides of the spine between the ribs the the hip; location where fat can accumulate

LEV 3:4 · LEV 3:10 · LEV 3:15 · LEV 4:9 · LEV 7:4 · JOB 15:27 · PSA 38:8

noun m · כסל

Confident

confidence, trust = state where humans feel confident◄ due to their reliance on God or something else for protection

JOB 8:14 · JOB 31:24 · PSA 78:7 · PRO 3:26

noun m · כסל

Foolish | ≈ סִכְלוּת | ≠ חָכְמָה

foolishness, folly = state in which humans lack wisdom,◄ possibly due to overconfidence, ► which can manifest itself, among other things, in relying on wealth rather than on God

PSA 49:14 · ECC 7:25

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כֶּ֫סֶל n.m. 1. loins, 2. stupidity, 3. confidence base