Word Study · Strong's H3685 · Hebrew
כְּסִיל
Kesil
kes-eel'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kᵉçîyl
“any notable constellation”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one)
Rendered in the KJV as
constellation, Orion.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וּכְסִ֗יל1
- וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם1
- כְּסִ֥יל1
- כְּסִ֣יל1
How it is rendered · 3
- Orion2
- and constellations their1
- and Orion1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNtmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HC/Ntmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Job2 occurrences
Same headword in Strong's