Leviticus 3:4
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
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Job 15:27
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
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כֶּסֶל
keçel · keh'-sel
6 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust
Strong's KJV usage: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
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Strong's first: Leviticus 3:4Strong's last: Job 15:27
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
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And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
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flank
FLANK, noun [Eng. flag. Gr. probably connected with lank, and so called from its laxity, or from breadth.]
1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. Hence,
2. The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment or battalion. To attack an enemy in flank is to attack them on the side.
3. In fortification, that part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the opposite face, the flank and the curtain; or it is a line drawn from the extremity of the face towards the inside of the work.
FLANK, verb transitive
1. To attack the side or flank of an army or body of troops; or to place troops so as to command or attack the flank
2. To post so as to overlook or command on the side; as, to flank a passage.
3. To secure or guard on the side; as flanked with rocks.
FLANK, verb intransitive
1. To border; to touch.
2. To be posted on the side.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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