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hebrew #3685 - כְּסִיל Kesil (a heavenly constellation)


Original Word:כְּסִיל
Transliteration: Kesil
Definition:a heavenly constellation
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(kes-eel')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

constellation, Orion

The same as kciyl; any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one) -- constellation, Orion.

see HEBREW kciyl


Englishman's Concordance

1) constellation, Orion
1a) Orion, the constellation
1b) constellation (general)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H3684
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1011e

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. כְּסִילnoun masculineOrion (relation to above √ obscure); — Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; also תְּפַתֵּחַ׳משְׁכוֺת כJob 38:31the 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 כְּסִילֵיהֶםtheir OrionsIsaiah 13:10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3685. כְּסִיל (Kesil) — 4 Occurrences

Job 9:9
HEB:עֹֽשֶׂה־ עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י
NAS: the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades,
KJV: Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades,
INT: makes the Bear Orion and the Pleiades and the chambers

Job 38:31
HEB:אֽוֹ־ מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃
NAS: loose the cords of Orion?
KJV: or loose the bands of Orion?
INT: Or the cords constellation loose

Isaiah 13:10
HEB:כוֹכְבֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א יָהֵ֖לּוּ
NAS: of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth
KJV: of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give
INT: the stars of heaven and their constellations will not flash

Amos 5:8
HEB:עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּכְסִ֗יל וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙
NAS: the Pleiades and Orion And changes
KJV: the seven stars and Orion, and turneth
INT: made the Pleiades and Orion and changes morning

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