Lexicon Kesil: a heavenly constellation Original Word: כְּסִילPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: Kesil Phonetic Spelling: (kes-eel') Short Definition: Orion NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originprobably from kasalDefinitiona heavenly constellation NASB Translationconstellations (1), Orion (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. כְּסִיל noun masculine Orion (relation to above √ obscure); — Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; also תְּפַתֵּחַ ׳משְׁכוֺת כ Job 38:31 the 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 כְּסִילֵיהֶם their Orions Isaiah 13:10, Orion and other constellations of the same brilliancy. Strong's constellation, Orion The same as kciyl; any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one) -- constellation, Orion. see HEBREW kciyl |
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