H3704

כֶּ֫סֶת

ke.setH:N-F

amulet

1) band, fillet, covered amulets, false phylacteries 1a) used by false prophetesses in Israel to support their demonic fortune-telling schemes

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[כֶּ֫סֶת] noun feminine band, fillet (= charm or amulet according to Ehpraimitic source Syriac, φυλακτήρια according to ὁ Ἑβραῖος of Hexapl., compare RSJPh xiii, 286; in Late Hebrew כסת usually = cushion, bolster, pillow), only plural מְתַפְּרוֺת כְּסָתוֺת עַלֿ Ezek 13:18 women sewing bands upon elbows; with suffix 2 feminine plural כִּסְתוֺתֵיכֶ֫נָה vEzek 13:20.


כֶּסֶה see כֶּסֶא.


כִּסֵּה see כִּסֵּא.


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