3694. Kesulloth
Strong's Lexicon
Kesulloth: Kesulloth

Original Word: כְּסֻלּוֹת
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Kcullowth
Pronunciation: keh-soo-LOTH
Phonetic Spelling: (kes-ool-loth')
Definition: Kesulloth
Meaning: Kesulloth

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root כסל (kasal), meaning "to be foolish" or "to trust."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Kesulloth, as it is a specific Hebrew place name. However, Greek entries related to geographical locations or tribal inheritances might provide contextual parallels.

Usage: Kesulloth is a place name mentioned in the Old Testament. It is identified as a town within the tribal territory of Issachar. The name itself may carry connotations related to the root meaning of "foolishness" or "trust," though the specific reason for this naming is not detailed in the biblical text.

Cultural and Historical Background: Kesulloth was located in the region allocated to the tribe of Issachar, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The town's mention in the context of tribal allotments highlights the importance of land distribution among the Israelites as they settled in Canaan. The allocation of land was a fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs and was crucial for establishing the identity and heritage of each tribe.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kasal
Definition
a place in Issachar
NASB Translation
Chesulloth (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
כְּסֻלּוֺת proper name, of a location in the tribe of Issachar Joshua 19:18, = כִּסְלֹת תָּבֹר (loins or flanks of Tabor), on the western foot of Mt. Tabor, Joshua 19:12; = תָּבוֺר Joshua 19:22; 1 Chronicles 6:62; = modern Iksâl RobBR iii. 182, Memi. 365 BuhlG. § 113, p. 216.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Chesulloth

Feminine plural of passive participle of kacal; fattened; Kesulloth, a place in Palestine -- Chesulloth.

see HEBREW kacal

Forms and Transliterations
וְהַכְּסוּלֹ֖ת והכסולת vehakkesuLot wə·hak·kə·sū·lōṯ wəhakkəsūlōṯ
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 19:18
HEB: גְּבוּלָ֑ם יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָה וְהַכְּסוּלֹ֖ת וְשׁוּנֵֽם׃
NAS: was to Jezreel and [included] Chesulloth and Shunem,
KJV: was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
INT: their territory Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 3694
1 Occurrence


wə·hak·kə·sū·lōṯ — 1 Occ.















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