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Chesil

כְּסִילStrong’s H3686

kesil (ke-sil)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Kesil is the Hebrew word usually translated “kesil”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,”
Joshua 15:30 KJV
Meaning
  1. § Chesil = "foolish"
How it's translated
  • and kesil 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Joshua 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    כְּסִיל kesil · Chesil

    § Chesil = "foolish" a town in the extreme south of Judah and 15 miles southwest of Beersheba; maybe same as be.tul (בְּתוּל "Bethul" H1329)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.