Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H3677 |
|---|---|
| Word: | כֶּסֶא כֶּסֶה |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | apparently from H3680 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kece |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | keh'-seh (or keceh {keh'-seh}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival |
| KJV Renderings: | (time) appointed. |
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כֶּ֫סֶא Prov 7:20, כֶּ֫סֶה Ps 81:4 noun [masculine] full moon (compare Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2578]; origin dubious, compare LagSymn. i. 93; perhaps Assyrian loan-word; compare Assyrian kusêu , headdress or cap, = agû, id. , and also full moon (as tiara of moon-god ?), DlHWB, sub kusêu, kubšu, agû; yet see Brock) — ׳ לְיוֺם הַכּ Prov 7:20 as a feast-day, ׳ בַּכּ Ps 81:4 (opposed to בַּחֹדֶשׁ, at the new moon).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Proverbs 7:20
