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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #7448 - רֶסֶן

Transliteration

resen

Phonetics

reh'-sen

Origin

from an unused root meaning to curb

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

2180a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) something that restrains, halter, jaw

1a) halter

1a1) of restraint thrown off (figuratively)

1b) jaw (of crocodile)

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2382 ‑ θώραξ (tho'‑rax); 5469 ‑ χαλινός (khal‑ee‑nos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (4)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

NAS (4)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

HCS (4)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

BSB (4)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

ESV (3)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

WEB (4)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2776) n x r (רסנ RSN) AC: ? CO: Halter AB: ?: [from: rx- turning the head]

N^m ) n x r (רסנ RSN) - Halter: For leading an animal. KJV (4): bridle - Strongs: H7448 (רֶסֶן)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רֶסֶן m.

(1) a curb or halter, which goes over a horse’s nose, Isaiah 30:28 gener. a bridle, Psalms 32:9. Job 30:11, רֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּחוּ “they cast off the bridle before me,” i.e. they use unbridled license; compare the Arabic phrase طلق زمامه to loose his halter, of an unbridled person. Hence

(2) the inner part of the mouth, where the bit (das Gebiß) is put, like the Greek χαλινοί, teeth, Job 41:5, כֶּפֶל רִסְנוֹ used of the double row of teeth (of the crocodile).

(3) [Resen], pr. name of a very ancient city in Assyria, Genesis 10:12.

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List of Word Forms

וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן וְרֶ֣סֶן וָרֶ֣סֶן ורסן רִ֝סְנ֗וֹ רסנו ris·nōw risNo risnōw vaResen veResen wā·re·sen wāresen wə·re·sen wəresen

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