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NAVE: Chesil Kesil
EBD: Chesil
SMITH: CHESIL
ISBE: CHESIL KESIL
Kesil
In Bible versions:
Kesil: NET NIVChesil: AVS NRSV NASB TEV
a town of south-eastern Judah
foolishness
foolishness
Google Maps:
Chesil (32° 2´, 35° 44´)
Hebrew
Strongs #03686: lyok K@ciyl
Chesil = "foolish"1) a town in the extreme south of Judah and 15 miles southwest of
Beersheba; maybe same as
3686 Kciyl kes-eel'
the same as 3684; Kesil, a place in Palestine: -Chesil.see HEBREW for 03684
Chesil [EBD]
ungodly, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:30); probably the same as Bethul (19:4) and Bethuel (1 Chr. 4:30); now Khelasa.
Chesil [NAVE]
CHESILA town in the S. of Palestine, Josh. 15:30.
Probably identical with Bethul, Josh. 19:4, and Bethuel, 1 Chr. 4:30.
CHESIL [SMITH]
(idolatrous), a town in the extreme south of Palestine, (Joshua 15:30) 15 Miles southwest of Beersheba. In (Joshua 19:4) the name is BETHUL.CHESIL [ISBE]
CHESIL - ke'-sil, kes'-il (kecil; A, Chaseir): A town in the extreme South of Judah named with Eltolad, Hormah and Ziklag (Josh 15:30). The name does not occur again. In Josh 19:4 it is replaced by Bethul Septuagint Baithel), and in 1 Ch 4:30 by Bethuel. "Chesil" may have arisen from a misreading of the text.