רֶסֶן
Reçen · reh'-sen
Resen, a place in Assyrian
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H7448 (רֶסֶן);
Resen, a place in Assyrian
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Resen.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- 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 support and uphold › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest that works to support and uphold of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֶסֶן 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and resen1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
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.