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Strong's #7449 - רֶסֶן

Transliteration
Reçen
Phonetics
reh'-sen
Origin
the same as (H7448)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name Location
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Resen = “bridle”

1) a place in Assyria between Nineveh and Calah

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Genesis 1
NAS (1)
Genesis 1
HCS (1)
Genesis 1
BSB (2)
Genesis 2
ESV (1)
Genesis 1
WEB (1)
Genesis 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 II. רֶ֫סֶן proper name, of a location in Assyria, near Nineveh Genesis 10:12; Δασεμ (probably = rêš êni, head of spring; compare Dl Pa 261 COT Genesis 10:12).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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
רֶ֔סֶן רסן re·sen resen
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