Strong's Lexicon

H3690

H3690 — כִּסלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewkiclahnoun femOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1011b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3690
Word:כִּסלָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H3689
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:kiclah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kis-law'
Meaning:1. in a good sense, trust 2. in a bad one, silliness
KJV Renderings:confidence, folly.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4119

כִּסְלָה noun feminine (GieZAW i, 1881, 304).

1. stupidity Ps 85:9 (but read לִבָּם לֹה ᵐ5 Bae Che).
2. confidence, suffix כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ Job 4:6.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

כסלה (kis-lah’)

Obadiah 4:6

EHCC: thy fear, thy confidence, th: .
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