Hebrew n--t · H3685
כְּסִיל
Kesilkes-eel'
Orion
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Kᵉçîyl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3685is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3685
any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one)
The King James renders it: constellation, Orion.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Kesil is rendered "Orion". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 9:9He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
Job 9:9כְּסִ֥יל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Orion2
- and constellations their1
- and Orion1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כְּסִיל | kesil | fool | Uses70 |
| כְּסַף | kesaph | silver | Uses13 |
| כְּסוּת | kesuth | covering | Uses8 |
| כְּסִילוּת | kesiluth | stupidity | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּכְסִ֗יל1
- וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם1
- כְּסִ֥יל1
- כְּסִ֣יל1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular2HNtmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ntmsa
Job
two uses
Isaiah
one use
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.
- וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔םukhesileihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and constellations their
Amos
one use
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—
- וּכְסִ֗ילukhesilconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and Orion
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.