Kesil

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a town of south-eastern Judah

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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 01329

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]

CHESIL
A town in the S. of Palestine, Josh. 15:30.
Probably identical with Bethul, Josh. 19:4, and Bethuel, 1 Chr. 4:30.

Kesil [NAVE]

KESIL
See: Chesil.

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.

KESIL [ISBE]

KESIL - ke'-zil (Orion).

See ASTRONOMY.