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Strong's #7449 - רֶסֶן

Transliteration

Reçen

Phonetics

reh'-sen

Origin

the same as (H7448)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Resen = "bridle"
1. a place in Assyria between Nineveh and Calah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Genesis 1

BSB (1)

Genesis 1

CSB (1)

Genesis 1

ESV (1)

Genesis 1

KJV (1)

Genesis 1

LEB (1)

Genesis 1

LSB (1)

Genesis 1

N95 (1)

Genesis 1

NAS (1)

Genesis 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

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}).

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