Strong’s H3685 · Hebrew

כְּסִיל
Kᵉçîyl
kes-eel'

Definition

any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one)

Etymology

the same as H3684 (כְּסִיל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • constellation
  • Orion

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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