What does כָּסַל (kāsal) mean in the Bible?
כָּסַל (kāsal): Foolishness conceived as spiritual obesity—moral heaviness that blocks perception and understanding.
Hebrew · H3688
כָּסַל
Properly, to be fat , i.e. (figuratively) silly
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כָּסַל H3688
Pronunciation kāsal
What does כָּסַל (kāsal) mean in the Bible?
כָּסַל (kāsal): Foolishness conceived as spiritual obesity—moral heaviness that blocks perception and understanding.
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How does the BSB render H3688?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include and foolish (1).
Where does כָּסַל (kāsal) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Jeremiah 10:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It and foolish 1× Jeremiah 10:8
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Usage map
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First aligned row Jeremiah 10:8
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Jeremiah 1
Source forms
וְיִכְסָ֑לוּ 1x wə·yiḵ·sā·lū Jeremiah 10:8
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Jeremiah 10:8
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Foolishness conceived as spiritual obesity—moral heaviness that blocks perception and understanding.
Source Gloss
properly, to be fat , i.e. (figuratively) silly
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Foolishness conceived as spiritual obesity—moral heaviness that blocks perception and understanding.
properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) silly Usage: be foolish.
Word Origins
כָּסַל is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain