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Loin

כֶּ֫סֶלStrong’s H3689

kesel (ke-sel)

Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Kesel is the Hebrew word usually translated “loins”, “stupidity” and “confidence his”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.”
Leviticus 3:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. Loins, flank
  2. Stupidity, folly
  3. Confidence, hope
How it's translated
  • the loins 5
  • stupidity 2
  • confidence his 1
  • loins 1
  • confidence my 1
  • loins my 1
  • confidence their 1
  • confidence your 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 5
  • Job 3
  • Psalms 3
  • Proverbs 1
  • Ecclesiastes 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

כֶּ֫סֶל kesel · loin

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

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “loin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LOIN, noun

[Latin clumis.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

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