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, kesel, the loin of an animal (Job 14:27, where fatness is noted as a sign of self-pampering); elsewhere in the plur. for the internal muscles of the loins near the kidneys, to which the fat adheres, Gr. øüáé (Lev_3:4; Lev_3:10; Lev_3:15; Lev_4:9; Lev_7:4); hence the viscera in general, umetaphorically for the inmost feelings C" loins," Psa_38:8). SEE REINS.