Bible Encyclopedias
Chesil

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Chesed

Next Entry
Chesnut Benjamin

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Chesil
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Chesil
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Chesil
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Chesil
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Chesil
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Chesil
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Chesil
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Chesil
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Chesil Bank
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Chesil
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Chesil
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Chesil Beach
Lexicons
• כְּסִיל

(Hebrews Kesil´, כְּסַיל, a fool, i.e. profane, as in Psalms 49:11, and elsewhere; Sept. Χεσίλ v. r. Χασείρ and Βαιθήλ; Vulg. Cesil), a town in the extreme south of Palestine, named between Eltolad and Hormah (Joshua 15:30). In the list of towns given out of Judah to Simeon, the name BETHUL (See BETHUL) (q.v.) occurs in place of it (Joshua 19:4), as if the one were identical with, or a corruption of, the other. This is confirmed by the reading of 1 Chronicles 4:30, BETHUEL; by that of the Sept. as given above, and by the mention in 1 Samuel 30:27, of a BETHEL among the cities of the extreme south. It is merely mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome in the Onomasticon (s.v. Χοιλή, Chisil). (See URION).