כִּסְלָה
kisla · confidence, folly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3690 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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kisla (כִּסְלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “confidence, folly”.
Confidence: what someone leans on. In a bad sense, folly.
How to say it
kis·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Lack of sense, going back to foolish ways.
- What one leans on.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- confidence ×1
- folly ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 4:6
Is not your fear your confidence, your hope the integrity of your ways?
- Psalms 85:8
I will hear what El, YHWH, will speak; for he will speak peace to his people and to his faithful ones; but let them not return to folly.