Kᵉçîyl — H3685

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. constellation, Orion
1. Orion, the constellation
2. constellation (general)

Usually translated as

Orion, constellation

Origin

the same as H3684

• Same as Kᵉçîyl (H3684)

Greek equivalents

• apaídeutos (G521)
• asebḗs (G765)
• asýnetos (G801)
• aphrosýnē (G877)
• áphrōn (G878)
• endeḗs (G1729)
• phrḗn (G5424)

Occurrences

Kᵉçîyl occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Isaiah (1), Amos (1)

• Job 9:9 — Which maketh Arcturus, Orion (כְּסִ֥יל), and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
• Job 38:31 — Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion (כְּסִ֣יל)?
• Isaiah 13:10 — For the stars of heaven and the constellations (וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם) thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
• Amos 5:8 — Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion (וּכְסִ֗יל), and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: