BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3693
ke.sa.lon — Chesalon
Chesalon = "hopes" a town of the northern border of Judah approx 10 miles west of Jerusalem Also named: ye.a.rim (יְעָרִים "(Mount )Jearim" H3297)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3297
ye.a.rim — (Mount) Jearim
Jearim = "forests" a hill on the northern boundary of Judah Another name of ke.sa.lon (כְּסָלוֹן "Chesalon" H3693)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Strength; confidence, a place on the border of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim (Josh. 15:10); probably identified with the modern village of Kesla, on the western mountains of Judah.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
