כֶּסֶלkeçel
id.
Pronunciation: keh'-sel · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3689
Meanings
lion
1. loins
2. stupidity
3. confidence
1. loins (Job 15:27; Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 3:10)
2. stupidity, folly (Ecclesiastes 7:25; Psalms 49:14)
3. confidence (Job 31:24; Proverbs 3:26; Job 8:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 3:4 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
- Leviticus 3:10 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
- Leviticus 3:15 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
- Leviticus 4:9 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. He must remove these along with the kidneys,
- Leviticus 7:4 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,
- Job 8:14 Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).