King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H678
Transliteration: atsil
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-tseel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a side, corner, a chief
Meaning: a side, corner, a chief
Word Summary
atsil: a side, corner, a chief
Original Word: אָצִילTransliteration: atsil
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-tseel')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a side, corner, a chief
Meaning: a side, corner, a chief
Strong's Concordance
chief man, noble From 'atsal (in its secondary sense of separation); an extremity (Isa. 41:9), also a noble -- chief man, noble.
see HEBREW 'atsal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H678. atsil
אָצִיל noun [masculine] side, corner, chief — plural construct אֲצִילֵי Exodus 24:11; suffix אֲצִילֶיהָ Isaiah 41:9; —
1 sides (borders) of earth Isaiah 41:9 ("" קצות); compare א ׳ירכתי Jeremiah 6:22 etc.
2 figurative nobles (perhaps as sides, supports, compare below מִּנּוֺת; so Ew Di but perhaps = noble — from be rooted, root, metaphor origin, stock — properly a man having a (known) origin, sprung from an ancient and famous stock; so Ges, compare LagBN 68) Exodus 24:11.