Chesalon — the meaning of the Hebrew name כְּסָלוֹן

כְּסָלוֹן

Kᵉçâlôwn · pronounced kes-aw-lone' · Strong's H3693 · a place

Chesalon means fertile.

Built from

כָּסַל kâçal (from, H3688) — properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) silly open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H3688; fertile; Kesalon, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Josh 15:10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: (KJV)

Every verse that names Chesalon

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Joshua

Josh 15:10

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