Quick Definition
Chesil
Biblical Persons & Places
Chesil
Chesil= near Beersheba (Beersheba@Gen.21.14-Amo=H0884)
A location near Beersheba only mentioned at Jos.15.30;
only referred to as Chesil (כְּסִיל).
Strong's Definition
Kesil, a place in Palestine
Derivation: the same as H3684 (כְּסִיל);
KJV Usage: Chesil.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Chesil = "foolish"
1) a town in the extreme south of Judah and 15 miles southwest of Beersheba; maybe same as H01329
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Chesil = "foolish"
a town in the extreme south of Judah and 15 miles southwest of Beersheba; maybe same as be.tul (בְּתוּל "Bethul" H1329)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כְּסִיל
kesý̂yl
BDB Definition:
Chesil = foolish
1) a town in the extreme south of Judah and 15 miles southwest of Beersheba; maybe same as 1329
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H3684
Total KJV Occurrences: 1