רָזַן
râzan · raw-zan'
probably to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) honorable
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
probably to be heavy, i.e. (figuratively) honorable
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: prince, ruler.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest that works to cut, to sustain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָזַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- o ye princes1 · 17%
- themselves, and the rulers1 · 17%
- and princes1 · 17%
- princes1 · 17%
- the princes1 · 17%
- and the princes1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.