Kesil כְּסִיל
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| כְּסִיל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kesil |
| Strong's number | H3685 (H3685G, H3685H) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | title |
| Gloss | Orion |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Kesil (Hebrew כְּסִיל, Strong's H3685) is a title in the Old Testament, glossed “Orion”. It occurs 4 times.
Definition
H3685G: Orion
Constellation of Orion
H3685H: constellation
constellation (in general)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | orion (3), constellations (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | orion (3), their constellations (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Kesil, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 9:9Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- Job 38:31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
Isaiah
- Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Amos
- Amos 5:8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).