כֶּ֫סֶל
ke.sel
loin
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew term "ke.sel" (H3689) translates to "loin" according to the lexicon data. Its usage in the Bible is relatively frequent, with 13 occurrences. This suggests that the term was considered significant by the authors of the Hebrew scripture. The meaning of "loin" implies a strong or vital place in an object or being, such as the vital part of the body or the loins of an animal used as food. Given the variety of contexts in which "ke.sel" appears, its range of usage likely extends to descriptions of physical features, possibly in relation to clothing or protection (e.g., armor), or as a source of power and ability. However, without more information, we cannot pinpoint a single usage pattern. While the significance of "ke.sel" in the Hebrew text remains to be established, its appearance 13 times in the Bible underscores its importance to the authors and their messages.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
13 total occurrences across the text
Whose confidence will break apart, Whose trust is a spider’s web.
Job 15:27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
Job 31:24“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
Psalms 38:7For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalms 49:13This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings.
Psalms 78:7that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
Proverbs 3:26for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
Ecclesiastes 7:25I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
Leviticus 3:4and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
Leviticus 3:10and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
Leviticus 3:15and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
Leviticus 4:9and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove,
Leviticus 7:4and he shall take away the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys;