How to Pronounce Chesil

KEE-suhl

Chesil is pronounced KEE-suhl (ˈkiːsəl): two syllables, stress on the first.

What does Chesil mean?

Chesil means “foolishness”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Chesil?

Ungodly, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:30); probably the same as Bethul (19:4) and Bethuel (1 Chr. 4:30); now Khelasa.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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