H3690 H3690
confidence, hope, or the security one trusts in
This term denotes confidence or the source of one's security. Job 4:6 uses it to describe Job's confidence (parallel to his fear of God and integrity), questioning why he now despairs. Psalm 85:8 warns against returning to folly (if the text is emended from the difficult MT). The word suggests settled trust or the basis of one's hope. In Job, it represents the foundation of his earlier stability; in Psalms, it appears in contexts of wisdom and security.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Confidence or the basis of one's trust and hope. In Job 4:6, Eliphaz reminds Job of his former confidence, rooted in piety and integrity, questioning why this foundation now fails him. The term captures both the subjective feeling of confidence and the objective ground for security. Though the Psalm 85 text is difficult, the sense involves proper versus misplaced trust, wisdom versus folly. 2×
AR["إِلَى-الْحَمَاقَةِ", "ثِقَتَكَ"]·ben["তোমার-আস্থা", "মূর্খতায়"]·DE["[כסלתך]", "zu-Torheit"]·EN["to-folly", "your-confidence"]·FR["ton-כסלתך-toi", "à-folie"]·heb["כסלתך", "ל-כסלה"]·HI["तेरा-भरोसा", "मूर्खता-की-ओर"]·ID["kepada-kebodohan", "keyakinanmu"]·IT["[לכסלה]", "tuo-confidence-tuo"]·jav["dhumateng-kabodohan", "kapitadosan-panjenengan"]·KO["너의-확신이며", "어리석음-에게"]·PT["confiança-tua", "à-loucura"]·RU["к-безумию", "упование-твоё"]·ES["a-necedad", "tu-confianza"]·SW["kwa-upumbavu", "tumaini-lako"]·TR["aptallığa", "güvenin"]·urd["تیری-امید", "لِ-بے-وقوفی"]
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כִּסְלָה n.f. (GieZAW i, 1881, 304) ψ 85:9 confidence, sf. כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ Jb 4:6; source of confidence ψ 85:9 (read וְאֶל־שָׁבִי לוֹ כ׳ for וְאַל־יָשׁוּבוּ לְכִסְלָה).